Framework Vs. API

Question

Now, this may be a silly question but sometimes the terms Framework and API are used interchangeably. The way I see it is that a Framework is a bigger more generic thing, co

Answer 1

I've always thought the framework was the whole thing, internal code, API's, etc.

While the API is just the bit you use when you want to make use of the framework.

In other words, the .NET framework consists of the .NET libraries, all the languages and so on. The API is just the way you call the functions.