Web Service vs Web Application

Question

I know this is an old question and must have been answered hundred times already, but I am not able to find a satisfactory response as yet.

I am creating an applicat

Answer 1

I think this might help you in resolving your confusion

There are two main use cases of WEB in the industry

1. Business to Consumer(B2C) : Whenever there is consumer directly interacting with the business for its needs we always uses a Web-Application to provide a communication between two parties.
2. Business to Business(B2B) : It means one part of the business need some input/services from another part of the business. Always a Web-Service is used to meet the business to business requirements. Usually a consumer never interact with the Web-Services directly we only interacts with a Web-Application and a Web-Application interact with a Web-Services for information/data or processing.

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