What is the difference between component and directive?

Question

I have just started working with Angular 2.

I was wondering what are the differences between components and directives in Angular 2?

Answer 1

Here is the actual definition.

• If it has a template, it is a Component
• else if it has a selector in brackets "[likethis]", it is an Attribute Directive
• else it is a Structural Directive.

Any other definition is wrong.