What are the differences between a cursor and a while loop, and when is it better to use one over the other?

A cursor is used to retrieve and manipulate data from a database, while a while loop is a control structure used to repeat a block of code.

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it’s very difficult to say which one is better either cursor or while loop because both will do same thing they fetch set of data and process each row at a time.