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title: "Difference between WPF and Silverlight"  
description: "Difference between WPF and Silverlight"  
author: "prashun dube"  
published: 2011-03-01  
updated: 2020-09-19  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/374/difference-between-wpf-and-silverlight  
category: "silverlight"  
tags: ["silverlight"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Difference between WPF and Silverlight

In terms of features and functionality, Silver light is a sub set of Windows Presentation Foundation.

Silver light is for developing rich internet applications. While WPF is used for developing enhanced graphics applications for desktop platform.

WPF uses XAML for hosting the user interface for web applications.

## Answers

### Answer by prashun dube

In terms of features and functionality, Silver light is a sub set of Windows Presentation Foundation.

Silver light is for developing rich internet applications. While WPF is used for developing enhanced graphics applications for desktop platform.

WPF uses XAML for hosting the user interface for web applications.


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