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Is there any similarity or Difference in between these. I have started angular2 application development, I see these are pretty similar and common in angular2 and angularjs.

At the same time angular2 also have a directive concept.

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put on hold as too broad by peeskillet, charlietfl, George Stocker 16 hours ago

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excerpts from ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW

While a component is technically a directive, components are so distinctive and central to Angular applications that this architectural overview separates components from directives.

You may read about Components here & Directives here. These explain the concepts quite in depth.

Hope this helps!!

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