What is difference between directory and search engine?

you can just find a specific information from directories but search engine provides you every sort of stuff.

A web directory or link directory is a directory on the World Wide Web.Google,Yahoo,Bing these are the Search Engines & directories consist of various categories where you can submit your sits which helps to get one-way backlink.Search engines use computer programs called Robots to automatically go from page to page through the web.

So far i get by both we can search our desirable information.

Directories give you category wise site list, but search engine give you most relevant sites to your search..

Hello.......

A web directory is not a search engine and does not display lists of web pages based on keywords; instead, it lists web sites by category and subcategory.

Google,Yahoo,Bing these are the Search Engines & directories consist of various categories where you can submit your sits which helps to get one-way backlink.

Yes, I am totelly agree with you. There are numberous difference between the directory and search engine. Every search engine contain unique quality and best for searching on any topics.

Directory : Manual editing is there
Search Engine: Automatic Editing is there

thanks for telling the difference between Directory and search engine.