Arundathi

• Jul 1st, 2005

 

Taking a big step back, a Web server serves pages for viewing in a Web browser, while an application server provides methods that client applications can call. A little more precisely, you can say that:  
 
A Web server exclusively handles HTTP requests, whereas an application server serves business logic to application programs through any number of protocols. 
 
 

Rajesh

• Nov 2nd, 2005

 

webserver is used to deploy application.webserver follows the 3 tier architecture where as Application server is also used for to deploy the application.application server follows the n-tier architecture.

sandhya

• Apr 14th, 2007

 

Added to the differences the application server provides more scalabilty than the web servers