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How is facilitated diffusion different from diffusion?

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1. Diffusion is with the osmosis process and in the same direction, but facilitated diffusion is in the opposite direction.
2. Diffusion is quite a slow time-consuming process, but facilitated diffusion is comparatively a quick one.
3. Diffusion does not rely on the living system, but facilitated diffusion does.                                                                                                                                            4. Facilitated diffusion occurs at a much higher rate than simple diffusion, especially at low solute concentrations                                                                                  5. Diffusion involves the movement of gases across membranes or molecules from blood to cells, while facilitated diffusion occurs through specialized transport mechanisms, such as chloride-bicarbonate exchange in renal tubular cells or sodium cotransport with glucose, galactose, fructose, and amino acids.

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