What is the difference between NTFS Junction Points and Symbolic Links?

Question

At a high level, the only obvious difference between NTFS Junction Points and Symbolic Links is that Junctions are only able to be directories, while SymLinks are allowed to

Answer 1

In addition to the excellent answer from u8it:

If anyone is interested in the difference in behavior in Windows File Explorer in Windows 10:

drag & drop to target directory:

• symbolic link: moves the symbolic link to the target directory
• junction: moves the original directory to the target directory

right mouse click + properties:

• symbolic link: shows you shortcut properties
• junction: shows you original directory folder properties

left moue click in the left pane (directory tree):

• symbolic link: selects the original directory
• junction: selects the junction