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Difference Between Privacy and Confidentiality

Every person wants some personal space in his/her life, because, one cannot share each and everything with others. In fact no one wants to talk about what's going on in their personal life. Hence, a certain degree of privacy is every person's need. Privacy is a state when a person is free from public interference while if we talk about Confidentiality, it speaks about a situation when important information is kept the secret between two individuals until the person to whom the information … [Read more...]

Difference Between Customer and Consumer

Do you know the fact that we all are consumers in some way or the other, no matter what our age, gender, race, caste, community is. The consumer is the one who consumes the goods, i.e. the user of the goods. It is commonly misconstrued with the term customer, which refers to a person who buys the goods or commodity and pays the price for it. Each and every marketing activity is directed towards influencing the behavior of customers, i.e. to induce them in such a way that they take an action … [Read more...]

Difference Between Indian Culture and Western Culture

One of the most debated topics in competitions and group discussions is Indian Culture Vs Western Culture. They are diametrically opposite to each other. As a coin has two sides, both cultures all have some merits and demerits. Indian culture is a mix of diversities in customs, rituals, traditions, language, etc., that varies from region to region within the country. It is one of the oldest and a combination of various cultures. On the other hand, Western culture, it is quite advanced and … [Read more...]

Difference Between B2B and B2C

Marketing involves a broad spectrum of activities, whose ultimate goal is sales. B2B and B2C are the two business marketing models where sales are the end-result, but, this doesn't make the two business models alike. B2B is an acronym for Business to Business, as the name signifies, it is a type of commercial transaction where the purchasing and selling of merchandise are performed between two business houses, such as entity supplying material to another for production, or entity providing … [Read more...]

Difference Between WhatsApp and Facebook

WhatsApp is an application, specially created for smartphones, which allows its users to perform fast messaging. Now, if we talk about Facebook, it is quite different, it allows its users to share and post their personal moments, feelings and emotions with their friends at the same time along with messaging. In olden times when there are no means of communication, people either used to travel a million miles just to inform about a small thing or they have to send letters to their friends and … [Read more...]

Difference Between Award and Reward

Award and Reward sound same but their meanings are quite different. Although, both are valuable for any person as they give a sense of satisfaction and respect, in return for their work. An Award is conferred in front of the mass public for excellence, but Reward may or may not be given in public, it is a kind of compensation given to a person for their good work. An award can be understood as the prize or any other equivalent mark of recognition, endowed to honor an achievement. On the other … [Read more...]

Difference Between College and University

Students are quite confused while they complete their schooling and want to take admission for higher education. This question arises scores of times in the mind of every student, What is the difference between college and university? College is an educational institution where students are offered degree and diploma courses for further studies. The University is not much different, but it has a wider scope than a college. It is a hub of high-level education which confers research programs along … [Read more...]

Difference Between Vouching and Verification

Vouching is the soul of Auditing because it forms a base for an effective audit procedure. Vouching means "to vouch" i.e. examine the vouchers. On the other hand, Verification means "to verify" the assets and liabilities of the business. Both the two terms are the first two steps of Auditing, infact vouching helps in the process of verification. In firner terms, Vouching implies the act of checking the vouchers, to identify the authenticity of the transactions recorded. Conversely, … [Read more...]

Difference Between Internal Audit and External Audit

Audit alludes to a process of independent checking of financial records of an organization, so as to give an opinion on the financial statement. It can be grouped into two categories, namely, Internal Audit and External Audit. Internal Audit is not compulsory by nature but can be conducted to review the operational activities of the organization. In this type of auditing, the work area is determined by the entity's management. On the contrary, External Audit which is obligatory for every … [Read more...]

Difference Between Auditing and Investigation

In general, Auditing is conducted to verify the extent of truthfulness and fairness of the financial records of an entity, but Investigation is performed to prove a certain fact. The scope of the auditing is based on the Standards on Auditing, but the scope of the investigation rests on the terms of engagement. It is quite normal that people get confused between these two terms easily due to lack of knowledge and proper understanding. Auditing is a process of identifying whether the results … [Read more...]