ASP.NET WebApi vs MVC? [closed]

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WebApi allows to create services that can be exposed over HTTP rather than through a formal service such as WCF or SOAP.
Another difference is in the way how WebApi uses Http protocol and makes it truly First class Http citizen.

UPDATE: The ASP.NET Core, Web API has been integrated into MVC project type. The ApiController class is consolidated into the Controller class. More at: https://wildermuth.com/2016/05/10/Writing-API-Controllers-in-ASP-NET-MVC-6

A relevant link of comparison, discussions & tutorials:

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