There are numerous differences between URL and URI, which are as follows:
| URL | URI |
|---|---|
| URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator that used to describe the identity of an item. | URI stands for Uniform Resource Identifier, which offers a technique for defining the identity of an item. |
| The primary objective of the URL is to get the address or location of the resource. | The primary objective is to find a resource and distinguish it from other resources with the help of a name or location. |
| URL is a type of URI; therefore, all URLs can be URIs. | URI is the superset of URL; thus, all URIs are not URLs as a URI can be a name rather than a locator. |
| It is only used for locating web pages. | It is used in various languages such as HTML, XML and other files XSLT, and more. |
| A URL specifies where a resource is occurring and a way for retrieving a resource. | A URI identifies a resource either by URL or URN or both. |
| In URL, the scheme must be a protocol such as FTP, HTTP, HTPPS, and more. | The scheme may be anything in URI like a name, specification, protocol, and more. |
| It contains the protocol information in the URL. | It does not include protocol information. |
| It includes components like path, domain, hash, string, query, and more. | It includes components such as path, scheme, query, fragment component, and more. |
| It offers specification on what type of protocol is to be used. | It does not contain protocol specification. |
| An example of URL: https://google.com | An example of URI: urn:isbn:0-486-27557-4 |