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Difference between breathing and respiration?

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The mechanism of gaseous exchange through which the organisms obtain oxygen from the environment and release of carbon di oxide is termed breathing.

The respiration is a complex biochemical process that involves step by step breakdown of simple food ( glucose) to release energy in the form of ATP. Respiration is a complicate process which includes breathing and oxidation of food with the release of energy.


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