Plant cell | Animal cell |
1. The cell wall is the outermost covering on the cell. The plant cells have both cell wall and the cell membrane | 1. The cell membrane or plasma membrane is the outermost covering of the cell. The animal cells do not have cell wall |
2. The vacuoles are large and centrally placed. | 2. The vacuoles are small and uniformly distributed in the cytoplasm. |
3. There are plastids in the plant cells. The chloroplasts have chlorophyll. | 3. The plastids are absent in the animal cells. |
4. The lysosomes are absent in the plant cells. | 4. Lysosomes are present in the animal cells. They contain digestive enzymes. |
5. The cytoplasm is thin and pushed to the periphery due to central vacuole. | 5. The cytoplasm is dense and granular. It is uniformly spread throughout the cell. |