Difference between Website and Web Application

Website

           Website can be termed as a place where the users can find document, files and images in the form of web pages.A simple websites consist primarily of static content where the data displayed is the same for every visitor.It does not require data processing.Static websites can be coded just using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).

Web Application

             Web applications require data processing and accessing databases.A web application needs a lot more processing power than most websites.And it is more resource intensive compared to a website.Depending on the type and goal of the web application, it may need to process the data as well as to access databases.To develop web applications, it is not enough with  knowing HTML, the application is coded with a more advanced programming languages. The language may be Java, JavaScript, DHTML, Silverlight, PHP, and AJAX.These languages are used to implement server side scripts that process the data and client side scripts that format the information on screen.