Differentiate between Enantiomer and Diastereomer.

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Enantiomer
Diastereomer
$1$ . Optical isomers having the same magnitude but different sign of optical rotation.
Differ in the magnitude of optical rotation.
$2$ . They have configuration with non-super impossible object mirror image relationship.
They are never mirror images.
$3$ . Enantiomers are identical in all properties except the sign of optical rotation.
Diastereomers differ in all physical properties.
$4$ . Separation of enantiomers is a tedious process.
Separation from the other pairs of enantiomers is easy.

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Enantiomer	Diastereomer
$1$ . Optical isomers having the same magnitude but different sign of optical rotation.	Differ in the magnitude of optical rotation.
$2$ . They have configuration with non-super impossible object mirror image relationship.	They are never mirror images.
$3$ . Enantiomers are identical in all properties except the sign of optical rotation.	Diastereomers differ in all physical properties.
$4$ . Separation of enantiomers is a tedious process.	Separation from the other pairs of enantiomers is easy.