| S.N | Plant cell | Animal cell |
| 1. | It is surrounded by a distinct cell wall made up of cellulose. | It is surrounded by cell membrane or plasma membrane. Cell wall is absent. |
| 2. | Chlorophyll is present. | Chlorophyll is absent. |
| 3. | Plastids are present. | Plastids are absent. |
| 4. | Autotrophic in nutrition. | Heterotrophic in nutrition. |
| 5. | Shows continuous growth. | Shows limited growth up-to certain age. |
| 6. | Centrosome and centrioles are generally absent except some lower forms. | Centrosome and centrioles are present. |
| 7. | Vacuoles are generally present and are of large size and single or fewer. | Vacuoles are absent, if present are less in number and smaller in size. |
| 8. | Starch is the reserve food material. | Glycogen is the reserve food material. |
| 9. | Sense organs and nervous system are lacking. | Sense organs and nervous system are present. |
| 10. | Red blood corpuscles are lacking. | Circulation of red blood corpuscles takes place. |
| 11. | Larger than animal cell. | Smaller than plant cell. |
| 12. | Has a distinct and definite shape. | Shape of animal cell is not so definite. |
| 13. | Roughly rectangular in shape but fixed. | Roughly oval or round in shape. |
| 14. | Lysosomes are found only in the eukaryotic plant cells. | Found in all cells. |
| 15. | Cell plate is formed in the center of cell during cell division. | Cell plate is not formed during cell division. |
| 16. | Have many simpler units of and prominent golgi apparatus. | Have a single highly complex Golgi bodies. |
| 17. | Nucleus elliptical in shape. | Nucleus rounded in shape. |
| 18. | It does not burst if kept in hypotonic solution. | It usually bursts if placed in hypotonic solution. |
| 19. | Glyoxysomes present.
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Glyoxysomes are absent.
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References:
i) https://www.thoughtco.com/animal-cells-vs-plant-cells-373375