what is the difference between 3 tier architecture and a mvc?

Question

what is the difference between 3 tier architecture and a mvc ?

Are they same?

Both have 3 layers i.e model, views and controller

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitier_architecture Briefly, in 3-tier architecture, presentation tier never communicates directly with data tier. In MVC, the relation among model, view, and controller is triangular. Two of three can communicate each other