What is the difference between apache cordova and ionic?

Question

I want to develop a hybrid mobile application and I want to know what is the difference between Cordova and ionic?

Answer 1

I think, Cordova is an open source mobile development framework. It is used by the developers for building cross-platform mobile applications. It has a unique code base. Cordova can be developed with the help of HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS.

Ionic is a framework which is a set of CSS classes and JavaScript library. It is built on the top of Cordova with the help of AngularJS.

PhoneGap is an Adobe product. It is powered by Cordova