Visual Studio Project vs. Solution

Question

Being new to VS, how may I think of these two concepts, what is the difference?

Answer 1

Just to come up with a metaphor..

A solution is like a house, a project like a room. Each room provides a piece of functionality whereas the house, a container of rooms, provides the means to link the rooms together and organize them appropriately.

Kind of corny but I made it up on the fly, so bear with me :)