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What are the differences between Component and Directive?

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Angular Question

What are the differences between Component and Directive?

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In a short note, A component(@component) is a directive-with-a-template.

Some of the major differences b/w the two are :

Component :
1) To register a component we use @Component meta-data annotation
2) Components are typically used to create UI widgets
3) Component is used to break up the application into smaller components
4) Only one component can be present per DOM element
5) @View decorator or templateurl/template are mandatory

Directive :
1) To register directives we use @Directive meta-data annotation
2) Directive is used to add behavior to an existing DOM element
3) Directive is use to design re-usable components
4) Many directives can be used per DOM element
5) Directive doesn't use View

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