What's the difference between a “script” and an “application”?

Question

I\'m referring to distinctions such as in this answer:

...bash isn\'t for writing applications it\'s for, well, scripting. So sure, your application m

Answer 1

Taking perl as an example, you can write perl scripts or perl applications.

A script would imply a single file or a single namespace. (e.g. updateFile.pl).

An application would be something made up of a collection of files or namespaces/classes (e.g. an OO-designed perl application with many .pm module files).