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title: "What is the difference between WCF Service and Web Service?"  
description: "What is the difference between WCF Service and Web Service?"  
author: "Chris Anderson"  
published: 2011-09-17  
updated: 2020-09-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1259/what-is-the-difference-between-wcf-service-and-web-service  
category: "wcf"  
tags: ["wcf"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the difference between WCF Service and Web Service?

a)WCF Service supports both http and tcp protocol while webservice supports only http protocol.\
b)WCF Service is more flexible than web service.\

## Answers

### Answer by Chris Anderson

a)WCF Service supports both http and tcp protocol while webservice supports only http protocol.\
b)WCF Service is more flexible than web service.\


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