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title: "What’s main difference between smoke and sanity testing?"  
description: "What’s main difference between smoke and sanity testing?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-03-22  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/581/what-s-main-difference-between-smoke-and-sanity-testing  
category: "testing"  
tags: ["testing"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What’s main difference between smoke and sanity testing?

## Difference between smoke and sanity testing

**Smoke Testing :**In which the application is tested initially inorder to ensure whether all functionalities are available to perform detail testing on them

**Sanity Testing:**In which one can perform testing on an overall application initially to check whether the application is proper in terms of availability and Usability.

## Answers

### Answer by Rajesh Goswami

## Difference between smoke and sanity testing

**Smoke Testing :**In which the application is tested initially inorder to ensure whether all functionalities are available to perform detail testing on them

**Sanity Testing:**In which one can perform testing on an overall application initially to check whether the application is proper in terms of availability and Usability.


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