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URL vs. Link

The address of a resource versus a clickable element pointing to one.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Click on the URL.

✓ Correct

Click on the LINK — links are clickable elements. The URL is the underlying address (https://...).

The ruleii

URL = address. LINK = the click.

URL: Uniform Resource Locator — the full address of a web resource (https://example.com/page). LINK: a clickable element in a document that points to a URL. Loose usage uses them interchangeably; strictly, the link contains the URL.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

URL underlies the link.

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