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Difference between Pili and Fimbriae

Pili and fimbriae are cell surface appendages present in bacteria other than …

Difference between Archaebacterial and Eubacterial flagella

Flagella are organs for movement in bacteria. Electron microscopic studies re…

Difference between Stomata and Hydathodes (Water stomata)

Stomata are small apertures in the epidermal surface of a plant leaf, stem o…

Difference between Angiosperms and Pteridophytes

Pteridophytes  p(Gk. Pteron=feather; phyta=plants) are called as seedless vas…

Difference between Viroids and Prions

Viroids are small, naked infectious RNA molecules. The term viroid was coined …

Difference between Mesophyll Chloroplast and Bundle Sheath Chloroplast

Photosynthesis is the anabolic reaction carried out by green plants responsib…

Difference between sigma bond and pi bond (Sigma bond vs Pi bond)

The process of mixing of atomic orbitals of nearly same energy to produce a s…

Difference between Epigeal and Hypogeal Seed Germination

The term germination designates the overall processes beginning with the imbib…

Difference between Ribose and Ribulose | Ribose vs Ribulose

Carbohydrates are the most abundant class of biomolecules in nature. A carbohy…

Difference between Sieve cells and Sieve tubes (Sieve cells vs Sieve tubes)

Both sieve cells and sieve tubes are constituents of phloem involved in conduc…

Difference between Sap wood and Heart wood (Alburnum vs Duramen)

Sap wood is the functional, conducting part of the wood whereas heart wood is …

Difference between Enveloped and Non enveloped Virus

Viruses are infectious intracellular obligate parasites consisting of nucleic …

Difference between Oncogene and Tumor Suppressor Genes

Two major classes of genes contribute to causing cancer i.e., Oncogenes and T…

Difference between Kharif crops and Rabi crops with examples

When plants of the same kind are grown and cultivated at one place on a a lar…

Difference between Thermoplastics and Thermosetting plastics

Plastics is easily mouldable, recycled, reused, coloured, melted, rolled into…

Difference between Stars and Planets

Stars are the celestial bodies which can emit heat and light continuously. Ev…

Difference Between the Secondary Growth in Dicot Stem and Dicot Root

The growth in thickness by the activity of secondary tissues is called seconda…

Difference between Raphides and Cystolith

Raphide   are needle shaped crystals of Calcium oxalate. Found in Pistia, …

Difference between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Chromosome

Chromosome  are the most significant of all cell components. They are the ca…

Difference between Striated and Non Striated Muscle

The tissue concerned with the movement of body parts and the locomotion of an…

Difference between Cutting and Layering

Cutting  and layering are artificial methods of vegetative propagation widely…

Difference between Bentham and Hooker’s and Engler and Prantl’s System of Classification

Bentham and Hooker jointly published a vast  work the Genera Plantarum in …

Difference between Primary and Secondary Succession

Ecological succession or biotic succession is the natural development of a se…

Difference between Active and Passive Immunity || Active Immunity vs Passive Immunity

Immunity is defined as the body’s ability to destroy pathogens or other fore…

Difference between Adrenal Cortex and Adrenal Medulla

Adrenal glands are paired structures located on the top of the kidneys.  Each…

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