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title: "Is there any difference between HTML and XHTML?"  
description: "Is there any difference between HTML and XHTML?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-09-04  
updated: 2020-09-21  
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# Is there any difference between HTML and XHTML?

Extensible HTML (XHTML) is a markup language that provides the mixture expressions of HTML and XML. XHTML is a flexible markup language that enables automated processing by standard XML tools, which was difficult in HTML.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

Extensible HTML (XHTML) is a markup language that provides the mixture expressions of HTML and XML. XHTML is a flexible markup language that enables automated processing by standard XML tools, which was difficult in HTML.


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