Difference between Animal and Plant cell
| Animal Cell | Plant cell |
| It does not have a cell wall. | It consists of a cellulose cell wall outside the cell membrane. |
| Are irregular or round in shape. | Are square or rectangular in shape. |
| Centrosomes and centrioles are present. | Centrosomes and centrioles are absent. |
| Plastids are absent | Plastids are present. |
| Vacuoles are usually small and sometimes they are absent. | Vacuoles are few large or single and centrally positioned vacuole. |
| Cilia is present in most animal cells. | Cilia is absent |
| Mitochondria is present and numerous in number. | Mitochondria is present but fewer in number |
| The mode of nutrition is heterotrophic. | The mode of nutrition is primarily autotrophic. |
| Single highly complex and prominent Golgi apparatus is present. | Many simpler units of Golgi apparatus called dictyosomes are present |
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