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Api vs Url - What's the difference?

api | url |

As a noun api

is .

As an initialism url is

a uniform resource locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other internet resource.

As an abbreviation url is

(us|military|nautical) unrestricted line officer.

api

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) Application programming interface.
  • (pharmacology) Active pharmaceutical ingredient.

    • External links

    * (Application programming interface) * (pedialite)

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    url

    English

    Initialism

    (en noun)
  • A Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
    • https://en.wiktionary.org/ is the URL of English Wiktionary.

    See also

    * IRI * URI * (wikipedia "URL")

    Abbreviation

    ; URL
  • (US, military, nautical) unrestricted line officer

    • See also

    * line officer English acronyms English initialisms