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what is the difference between semi-permeable and selective permeable?
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Olivia029

by Olivia029 at May 04, 2011

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Not much.
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MysteriousAnubis MysteriousAnubis May 05, 2011

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I think semi-permeable is permeable to a relatively small amount of substances (unspecified), while selective permeable means that it only lets certain substances in.
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Gentou Gentou May 09, 2011

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i think they are mainly interchangeable the only difference that comes to mind may be that semi-permeable is only permeable to water and no solutes and selectively permeable is permeable to only some things. yet i think they are used interchangeably to say that the cell membrane only lets certain things in
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GURUKID GURUKID May 22, 2011

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