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Facilitated diffusion differs from active transport in that

facilitated diffusion transports against a concentration gradient while active transport does not
facilitated diffusion requires expenditure of energy while active transport does not
active transport requires expenditure of energy while facilitated diffusion does not
facilitated diffusion involves carrier proteins while active transport does not
facilitated diffusion works against a concentration gradient while active transport works only with the concentration gradient

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