Difference between absorption and assimilation?

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Absorption: Absorption is the process of absorbing the digested food molecules into our bloodstream to the target sites.
Assimilation: Assimilation is the process by which absorbed nutrients from food are utilized in the tissues for various activities such as, to get energy, for growth and repair, after getting transported through blood or lymph.
Absorption
Assimilation
It is a process of absorption of food from the wall of small intestine to the blood stream.
It is a process in which absorbed food is used to get energy.
2. It occurs in small intestine. 2. It occurs in cell.

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Q. The correct order of steps occurring in nutrition in animals is:
(a) Ingestion → Absorption → Digestion → Assimilation → Egestion
(b) Ingestion → Digestion → Assimilation → Absorption → Egestion
(c) Ingestion → Digestion → Absorption → Assimilation → Egestion
(d) Ingestion → Assimilation → Digestion → Absorption → Egestion

The correct order of steps occurring in nutrition in animals is :

(a)Ingestion $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Egestion
(b)Ingestion $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Egestion

(c)Ingestion $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Egestion
(d) Ingestion $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Egestion

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Absorption	Assimilation
It is a process of absorption of food from the wall of small intestine to the blood stream.	It is a process in which absorbed food is used to get energy.
2. It occurs in small intestine.	2. It occurs in cell.