| Used to handle LARGE amounts of data | Used to analyze the data |
| Used for processing large amounts of data while generating insights | Used to UNDERSTAND a pattern in the data sets which HELP in decision making. |
| Identified by volume, veracity, variety and velocity of data | Identified by the processing of Big Data and the solutions it brings to the table. |
| Includes structured, semi-structured and unstructured data. | Includes forecasting, decision-making prediction and classification based on the data. |
| Generally used by the Ecommerce, Telecommunication and Security Industries. | Generally used for Sales, Image Recognition, Risk Analytics and Digital Advertisements |
| Tools used are: Spark, Hadoop and Flink | Tools used are: SAS, Python and R |
