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Web Application A web application is a software application that a user runs in the web browser. It have the following features. It has a User Interface Runs in Client - Server environment Client runs it with the help of a web browser Server process the data based on client request and provide response Web Service A web service is an Application Program Interface (API) that runs on the server, which provide data to the client over http through a standardized messaging system. (XML, JSON, etc...). Web services are further classified into SOAP and REST. In the present day scenario most services prefer REST over SOAP. Example I'll explain a simple REST call using a GET request to the github api. You can access the details of a github user with the following request [math]https://api.github.com/users/<user-name> [/math] See My details in JSON format from GitHub. Click Here And such data can be integrated into a web application, mobile app, etc. Some other use cases of Web Services are PayPal api Facebook api Twitter api Conclusion Both Web Application and Web Service are a kind of same thing, but web application is for the users and Web Service is for Program <==> Program communication.
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