What is the difference between Threads and Tasks?

Differences Between Task And Thread

 

The Thread class is used for creating and manipulating a thread in Windows. 

A Task represents some asynchronous operation and is part of the Task Parallel Library, a set of APIs for running tasks asynchronously and in parallel. The task can return a result.

• In .NET, threads and tasks are two different ways for doing multi-threading.
• Thread is a general programming  concept. On the other hand, Microsoft created Task in .NET to simplify the used of Threads.
• Tasks are like a wrapper over Threads.
• Tasks internally uses threads only.

What are the advantages of Tasks over Threads?

Advantages of Tasks over Threads:

• Simplified Code.
• Exception handling.
• A Task can return a result, but there is no proper way to return a result from Thread.
• We can apply chaining and parent/ child on multiple tasks, but it can be very difficult in threads.