The dominant mechanisms for motion of charge carriers in forward and reverse biased silicon P-N junctions are
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In forward biasing the diffusion current increases and drift current remains constant so not current is due to the diffusion.
In reverse biasing diffusion becomes more difficult so net current (very small) is due to the drift.
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