Difference between smoke and sanity testing

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Smoke testing is a shallow and wide test to check if the software is stable for further testing, while sanity testing is a narrow and deep test to check specific functionalities.

Smoke testing is done to ensure the stability of the software build, while sanity testing is done to verify specific functionalities.
Smoke testing is a subset of regression testing, while sanity testing is a subset of acceptance testing.
Smoke testing is usually done before sanity testing.
Example: In smoke testing, basic functionalities like login, home page loading are tested quickly. In sanity testing, specific features like payment gateway are tested in detail.

Difference between smoke and sanity testing

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