If a defect/error is found by developer side that is called Debug and the process is called Debugging and if any defect is found by tester side is called testing

An Error is found by the developer.
A defect is found by the tester.
A bug is _ defect found by tester and accepted by the developer.

Testing is nothing but finding an error/problem and its done by testers where as debugging is nothing but finding the root cause for the error/problem and that is taken care by developers.

debugging- is removing the bug and is done by developer.

testing - is identifying the bug and is done by tester.

Debugging is the consequence of successful testing.
Debugging starts with the results from the execution of test cases.

Testing is nothing but finding an error/bug and its done by testers, where as debugging is nothing but finding the root cause for the error/bug and resolving them, that is taken care by developers.

debugging is a type of technique to find error in the application. Its a part of white box testing or unit testing.

Debugging is finding the error and report it with the intention of fixing it via developer, known as Debugging.

However, Testing is the broader term which includes Static and Dynamic Testing.

testing is a process of executing a software with a intention of finding bugs. Ii is process of checking correctness ,completeness and quality of software wrt to customer requirements with an intention of finding bugs.
debugging is a technique of fixing bugs.

Debugging is the process to finding the error or bugs during the software developing but testing is finding the error or bugs during the software testing and software execution

Debugging done by Developers and Testing done by Testing team.Debugging is done to trace out where the error is occurring in order to resolve.Testing is done to find out errors.

different stages of software developement are
editing
compiling
testing
debugging
first tester finds the bugs in the code and reports to developers
then developer resolves the problem and fixes the bug called debugging

**Testing-process of making sure that the program performs the intended tasks.
**debugging-process of finding and eliminating program errors.

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