Difference between List and Library in SharePoint

Hi All,

difference between list and Library are is as follows,

List:
Lists are similar to tables in a relational database. A list is a flat collection of data records (called items in SharePoint) with a fixed set of data fields (called columns).Each data column has a fixed name and type.

Library:

The SharePoint Library is a collection of files and it stores the documents and contains Library Fields, Library Properties and  Library Columns

List	Library
Can have attachments	Cannot have attachments(files are directly in library)
Have Major version only	Have both minor(draft) major(publishing) verstion.
Do not have Check-in/Check-out options	Have Check – in / Check-out options

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