Vector vs string

Question

What is the fundamental difference, if any, between a C++ std::vector and std::basic_string?

Answer 1

One difference between std::string and std::vector is that programs may construct a string from a null-terminated string, whereas with vectors they cannot.

std::string a = "hello";          // okay
std::vector<char> b = "goodbye";  // compiler error

This often makes strings easier to work with.