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Vacuole vs Tonoplast - What's the difference?

vacuole | tonoplast |

As nouns the difference between vacuole and tonoplast

is that vacuole is a large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm while tonoplast is the cytoplasmic membrane surrounding a vacuole, separating the vacuolar contents from the cell's cytoplasm.

vacuole

English

(wikipedia vacuole)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.

    • tonoplast

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) The cytoplasmic membrane surrounding a vacuole, separating the vacuolar contents from the cell's cytoplasm.