What is the difference between Finance and Accounting?

<p>Students can have a look at the table that is mentioned below to know&nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.shiksha.com/online-courses/articles/difference-between-finance-and-accounting/"&gt;main differences between Finance and Accounting:&lt;/a&gt;</p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;" border="1"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"><col style="width: 50%;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th width="214"><p align="center"><strong>Finance</strong></p></th><th width="258"><p align="center"><strong>Accounting</strong></p></th></tr><tr><td width="214"><p>Helps in making financial and investment-related decisions</p></td><td width="258"><p>Assesses the historical records of the company to determine its current financial situation</p></td></tr><tr><td width="214"><p>The focus is on planning and directing financial transactions</p></td><td width="258"><p>The focus is on recording and reporting financial transactions</p></td></tr><tr><td width="214"><p>Management of money</p></td><td width="258"><p>Management of financial information</p></td></tr><tr><td width="214"><p>Types: Personal, Public, Corporate, Behavioral and Social finance</p></td><td width="258"><p>Types: Auditing, Financial, Management, Forensic, Cost, Financial and Tax accounting</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Read more about -</em></p><p>&lt;a title="https://www.shiksha.com/business-management-studies/finance-chp" href="https://www.shiksha.com/business-management-studies/finance-chp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Link Finance Courses"&gt;<em>Finance Courses</em>&lt;/a&gt;</p><p>&lt;a href="https://www.shiksha.com/accounting-commerce/accounting-career-chp"&gt;Careers after Accounting&lt;/a&gt;</p><p>Hope this helps!!!</p>

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