| 1. | Definition | A search engine is used to find the information in the World Wide Web and displays the results at one place by returning web pages available on internet. | Web Browser uses the search engine to retrieve and view the information from web pages present on the web servers. |
| 2. | Usage | Search engine is intended to gather Information regarding several URL's and to maintain it. | Web Browsers are intended to Display the web page of the current URL available at the server. |
| 3. | Installation | Search Engine need not to be installed on our system (i.e. comes as default). | Many Web Browsers can be installed on our system. |
| 4. | Accessibility | The search engine is accessed through a web browser. | Typically, all devices are supported. |
| 5. | Components | The Search Indexer, Crawler, and Database are the three essential components of a search engine. | A web browser uses a graphical user interface to help users have an interactive online session on the Internet. |
| 6. | Database | A search engine contains its own database. | No database is required in Web browser. It contains only cache memory to store cookies as well as browsing history until we remove it from our system. |
| 7. | Dependency | A search engine is not required to open the browser. This means that the search engine is reliant on the browser. | A browser is required to open a search engine. This means that the browser is not reliant on the search engine. |
| 8. | History | Unless you actively clear this data or use a private browsing mode, browsers will retain your browsing history, cookies, and cache in memory. | Typically, search engines acquire information on their users and their search queries. Some search engines, such as DuckDuckGo, do not gather user information. |
| 9. | Advantages | The major Advantages of using search engines are to Get the Consumer Trust, Trackable Results, Generates Targeted Traffic, Sustainable Clicks and Grow Your Small Business. | The major Advantages of using web browser are open standards, security sandbox, Robust GUI and Simple networking. |
| 10. | Disadvantages | The disadvantages of using search engines are difficult Of Competitive Keywords, Changing Algorithms and Results are Not Guarantee. | The disadvantages of using web browsers are slow down with the new version and no-add on support. |
| 11. | Examples | Example of famous search engines are: Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckgo, Baidu Internet Explorer. | Some of the widely used web browsers are: Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator, and Google Chrome. |