What is the relationship between osmotic pressure and osmotic potential?

What is the relationship between osmotic pressure and osmotic potential?
  1. They are the same thing
  2. Osmotic pressure is negative while osmotic potential is positive
  3. Numerically, they are equivalent but with opposite signs
  4. They have no relation

Solution

numerically osmotic pressure is equivalent to the osmotic potential, but the sign is opposite. Osmotic pressure is positive, while osmotic potential is negative.

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