What is the difference between WPF and Silverlight application?

Question

What is the difference between WPF and Silverlight application? Are they the same?

Answer 1

Silverlight is Microsoft’s latest development platform for building next-generation Web client applications (WPF) is Microsoft’slatest development platform forbuilding next-generation Windows client applications

Silverlight is generally considered to be a subset of WPF, and is a XAML WPF is generally considered to be a subset of .NET Framework

Silverlight Support Cross OS, cross browser, cross device WPF for Windows client users.

in order to run Silverlight applications at client machines, we need to install Silverlight software on the client machine once WPF, on the other hand, does notsupport any plug-in mechanism;instead, we need to install a completed WPF client application

Silverlight applications are hosted within a webserver and a web page. WPF applications can be deployed as standalone applications,