Website development is the process of creating a website for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network). Website development can range from developing a simple single static page of plain text to complex web-based applications (web apps) like e-commerce stores and social networking services. A more comprehensive definition would be: “Website Development is the process of designing, creating, deploying, and maintaining a website.”
Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a website for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network).
Web development can range from developing a single static page of plain text to complex web-based applications (web apps), electronic businesses, and social networking services.
A more comprehensive definition would be: “Web development is the process of designing, coding, deploying, and maintaining websites.”
The term “web development” is often used interchangeably with “website development”, but the two terms are not really the same. Website development is a subset of web development.
A web developer is somebody who specializes in or is particularly good at, web development. So, while all web developers are also website developers, not all website developers are web developers.