what is the difference between liverworts and mosses?

 LIVERWORT:plant body is thalloid.rhizoids are unicellular,gametophyte is primitive,d gametophytic plant body grows horizontal to the soil,gametophyte is not adopted to land life,sporophyte is primitive,spores r dispersed by elaters.

MOSSES:plant body is leafy thalloid,rhizoids r multicellular wid obligue seta,gametophyte is advanced,d gametophytic plant body grows vertical to the soil,gametophyte is more adopted to land life,sporophyte is advanced,spores r dispersed by peristomium teeth.

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