Difference between Selenium and Cucumber

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Cucumber and Selenium are open-source and free tools. Cucumber can be integrated with Selenium for testing and can be used for cross-browser web applications testing. Below are the differences:

Point of DistinctionSeleniumCucumber
Framework?Automation Testing FrameworkNot a Testing Framework
Tool TypeBrowser Automation Testing ToolTesting Tool based on the BDD.
Written inMostly in JavaRuby
Test Script WritingProgramming LanguageGherkin
Automation ToolFunctional and Performance Automation tool.Not an automation tool
ReadabilitySelenium scripts are difficult to read for client and managementReadable by client and management team
PerformancePerformance of Selenium scripts are fasterMakes script execution slow
InstallationDifficult to install compare to cucumberEasy to install
ReliabilityMoreLess
UsageSelenium is used for API, UI, Functional, Regression, performance testing.Cucumber is used for story testing
Programming language supportJava, Python, Ruby, .NetJava, Scala, Ruby, Groovy
Documentation TimeNot SavedSaved.
Syntax ErrorEasily NoticedYou need to compile first
PluginsIn Selenium, Plugins works slower as compared to cucumberFaster
Conditional StatementsCan UseCan not use
Script ReviewTechnical QAAnyone