Diffrence between Algorithm and Pseudocode

 Difference between Algorithm and   Pseudocode:

Both Algorithm and Pseudocode are use in programming to create a program in very effective manner. with the help of pseudocode and algorithm programmer can easily understand about the problem. But there are lot of differences between pseudocode and algorithm:

Difference between pseudocode and algorithm:

An algorithm is a well-defined sequence of steps that provides a solution for a given problem, while a pseudocode is one of the methods that can be used to represent an algorithm.

Algorithm can be written in natural language ,but Pseudocode is written in a format that is closely related to high level programming language structures.

algorithms is  a systematically written code.pseudocodes  are simpler ways of writing codes.

algorithms can be considered pseudocode.but pseudocode can’t be considered algorithm.

in algorithm  plain text is used.but in pseudocode Control structure such as while ,do-while,if and so on can be used.

an algorithm is easy to debug.but an pseudocode is difficult to debug as compare to algorithm.

While making an algorithm there are no rules to be follow.but an pseudocode has certain rules to follow while constructing it.

algorithm's construction is tough.but As compare to algorithm the construction of pseudocode is easy.

an algorithm can’t be easily understandable by the programmer. But pseudocode can be easily understandable by the programmer.

example of algorithm:

Algorithm to add two numbers in c programming:

Step 1: start.

Step 2: input A, B

Step 3: compute sum=A+B

Step 4: display sum

Step 5: stop.

example of pseudocode:

Pseudocode to add two numbers in c programming. 

BEGIN

NUMBER s1,s2,sum

OUTPUT("Input number 1:")

INPUT s1

OUTPUT("Input number 2:")

INPUT s2

sum=s1+s2

OUTPUT sum

END