What is web API and services

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Hi Good day to all developer here.
I'am in new in web developing our company need to upgrade in web. I choose to use the ASP.net MVC. I'am just asking is what is Web Service and Web API?
How the 2 are wroking in WEB? and When and Where to use the 2? 
All reply and exmaple are really much appreciated. thank you in advance

What I have tried:

I read some books, but it will not satify what i want to know,

Posted 12-Jan-17 13:43pm

Lawliet0727

Updated 12-Jan-17 16:20pm

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[no name] 12-Jan-17 19:46pm

They are the subjects that you should type into a google search.

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Vincent Maverick Durano · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-12T16:20:00

Googling each term should give you tons of results in the web. Taken from this post[^], A web service typically offers a WSDL from which you can create client stubs automatically. Web Services are based on the SOAP protocol. Web API is a newer Microsoft framework which helps you to build REST based interfaces. The response can be either JSON or XML, but there is no way to generate clients automatically because Web Api does not offer a service description like the WSDL from Web Services.