Difference between smoke and sanity test?

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Accepted Answer

Smoke test is a subset of sanity test. Smoke test checks if the critical functionalities are working. Sanity test checks if the major functionalities are working.

Smoke test is performed to ensure that the critical functionalities of the software are working as expected.
Sanity test is performed to ensure that the major functionalities of the software are working as expected.
Smoke test is a subset of sanity test.
Smoke test is a quick and shallow test to identify major issues early in the testing process.
Sanity test is performed after the software build is stabilized and major issues have been fixed.
Smoke test is usually executed before the detailed testing begins.
Sanity test is usually executed after the detailed testing is completed.
Smoke test focuses on the breadth of the application.
Sanity test focuses on the depth of the application.
Smoke test is a high-level verification.
Sanity test is a low-level verification.

Accepted Answer

SMOKE TESTING

the basic or critical features of an application before doing thorough testing or rigorous testing is called smoke testing.

SANITY TESTING

It is a narrow,deep ,and unscripted testing .
It is manually done.
It gives more important to crucial functionalities softwares.

Accepted Answer

Smoke test is a build verification test.  Sanity test is a component level testing

Difference between smoke and sanity test?

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