Answer:
Web services (web application) are an API type to be accessed via a network connection. While APIs are application interfaces, this means standardized communication between one application and another application.
Explanation:
- Web service is used for communication with REST, SOAP, and XML-RPC.
While API for all communication styles is used.
- The APIs are all web services. Whereas web services are not APIs.
- The Web application has no lightweight design, needs a SOAP agreement for sending or receiving system information. While the architecture is lightweight, API is useful for gadgets with limited transmission capacities like smartphones.
- The web application supports the HTTP protocol only. Whereas the API HTTP/s protocol supports: URL Request / Answer Header etc.
- The web application is not open source, but any customer who contains XML can devour it. While API is open-source and has a .net framework.
