What is the difference between osmosis and plasmolysis
Solution:
The difference is as follows:
The difference is as follows:
| Osmosis | Plasmolysis |
| Osmosis is a type of diffusion. Osmosis is the phenomenon when the two solutions having different osmotic concentrationa are separated by a semi-permeable membrane and the movement of solvent takes place from a region of low concentration of the solute to a region where there is high concentration of the solute or from a region where there is high concentration of solvent to a region where there is low concentration of solvent. |
When a cell is placed in hypertonic solution water moves out, first from cytoplasm and then from vacuole. Cell membrane shrinks away from the cell wall. This is known as plasmolysis. |