The solvent moves into a cell in endosmosis while the solvent moves out of a cell in exosmosis. Concentrate of solute is higher in the cell for endosmosis, unlike exosmosis, where the solute concentration is higher outside the cell. Water potential is higher inside the cell for exosmosis and lowers outside the cell while water potential is lower inside the cell for endosmosis but higher outside the cell. The cell becomes swollen and burst, especially in animal cells, in the case of endosmosis. While in exosmosis, the cell shrinks.
In plants, exosmosis occurs by the movement of water out of root hair cells into the cortex, while endosmosis occurs by movement of water into root hair cells from the soil. In animals, saltwater fishes are expected to undergo exosmosis, while freshwater fishes do undergo endosmosis. In humans, humans would suffer water intoxication if they undergo too much endosmosis, while if there is too much exosmosis, they will suffer dehydration.