| Simple permanent tissue | Complex permanent tissue |
| They are made up of a single type of cells. | They are made up of more than one kind of cells. |
| As they are made up of a single type of cells they perform their tasks with those cells only. | As they are made up of different cells, these cells cells interact and coordinate to perform any task. |
| They are found everywhere in the plants. | These are vascular tissues and occur in those only. |
| Parencyma, collenchymas, sclerenchyma, and epidermis are different types of simple permanent tissue. | Xylem and phloem are different types of complex permanent tissue. |