| Web Server | Application Server |
| It serves static content to the end user using only HTTP protocol. | It provide business logic to application program using various protocols including HTTP. |
| It can be used to serve web based application. | It can be serve both web based application and enterprise application. |
| It’s a system that help deliver static content on World Wide Web. | It’s a framework that helps deliver various application to another. |
| It consume less CPU memory resources. | It utilize more memory resources. |
| It not support multithreading. | It support Multithreading. |
| Example: Apache Web server, Tomcat etc. | Example: Web Logic, JBoss, IBM Web sphere etc. |
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