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why is osmosis considered as a special type of diffusion

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Osmosis is a special kind of diffusion because in both cases there is a movement of particles from a higher concentration region to a lower concentration region. The only difference is that osmosis is referred only to the movement of the solvent (water) across a semi-permeable membrane.
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It involves movement of water molecules only and  not solute molecules 
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it involves movement of water molecules from their region which they are of high concentration to a region of their low concentration
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Because osmosis allow fluid transportation from outside of the cell to inside

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 Osmosis is the same as diffusion but it is specified in small molecules which are able to pass through a semi-permeable membrane and diffusion all molecules are fine
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It is the process by which water molecules move from region of high water concentration to region of lower water concentration 
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