Difference between Autotroph and Lithotroph

What is the difference between Autotroph and Lithotroph?

Autotroph as a noun is any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy while Lithotroph as a noun is an organism that obtains its energy from inorganic compounds (such as ammonia) via electron transfer.

Autotroph

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy

Lithotroph

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An organism that obtains its energy from inorganic compounds (such as ammonia) via electron transfer.

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