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Differentiate between endosmosis and exosmosis.

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Endosmosis Exosmosis
The movement of solvent takes place from outside to inside the cell, when placed in the hypotonic solution. The movement of solvent takes place from inside to outside the cell, when placed in the hypertonic solution.
It causes swelling of cell It results in the shrinkage of cell.

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