Difference between Smoke and Sanity

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Smoke testing is a preliminary test to check if the software is stable enough for further testing. Sanity testing is a subset of regression testing to check if the bugs have been fixed.

Smoke testing is a quick and shallow test to check if the software is stable enough for further testing.
Sanity testing is a subset of regression testing and is performed after a bug fix to ensure that the bug has been fixed and the software is still functioning properly.
Smoke testing is performed on new builds while sanity testing is performed on modified builds.
Smoke testing is a non-exhaustive test while sanity testing is an exhaustive test.
Example of smoke testing: checking if the login page is loading properly. Example of sanity testing: checking if the bug related to the login page has been fixed.

Difference between Smoke and Sanity

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