1. 节点：
NodeJS 是一个跨平台、开源的 Javascript 运行环境，允许 javascript 在服务器端运行。 Nodejs 允许 Javascript 代码在浏览器之外运行。 Nodejs 带有很多模块，主要用于 Web 开发。
2. JavaScript :
Javascript 是一种脚本语言。它主要缩写为JS。可以说Javascript是ECMA脚本的更新版。 Javascript 是一种使用 Oops 概念的高级编程语言，但它基于原型继承。
Nodejs 和 JavaScript 的区别：
| S.No | Javascript | NodeJS |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Javascript is a programming language that is used for writing scripts on the website. | NodeJS is a Javascript runtime environment. |
| 2. | Javascript can only be run in the browsers. | NodeJS code can be run outside the browser. |
| 3. | It is basically used on the client-side. | It is mostly used on the server-side. |
| 4. | Javascript is capable enough to add HTML and play with the DOM. | Nodejs does not have capability to add HTML tags. |
| 5. | Javascript can run in any browser engine as like JS core in safari and Spidermonkey in Firefox. | Nodejs can only run in V8 engine of google chrome. |
| 6. | Javascript is used in frontend development. | Nodejs is used in server-side development. |
| 7. | Some of the javascript frameworks are RamdaJS, TypedJS, etc. | Some of the Nodejs modules are Lodash, express etc. These modules are to be imported from npm. |
| 8. | It is the upgraded version of ECMA script that uses Chrome’s V8 engine written in C++. | Nodejs is written in C, C++ and Javascript. |