What are the difference between SOAP and REST Web Services?

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S.no	SOAP	REST
1.	It stands for Simple Object Access Protocol	It stands for Representational State
2.	It was a protocol and designed with a specification.	It’s an ARCHITECTURAL STYLE in which web services can be treated as a RESTful service.
3.	Can’t make use of REST	Can make use of SOAP
4.	It uses service INTERFACES to expose its functionality to applications	It uses UNIFORM Service locators to access to the components on the hardware DEVICE

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