Wiki vs. Blog — What's the Difference?

A wiki ( (listen) WIK-ee) is a hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages for the subjects or scope of the project and could be either open to the public or limited to use within an organization for maintaining its internal knowledge base.

A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page.

A collaborative website whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it.

A website that displays postings by one or more individuals in chronological order and usually has links to comments on specific postings.

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

To write entries in, add material to, or maintain a blog.

To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.

(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)

(intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.

(Internet) An individual post to a blog.

(transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.

To contribute to a blog.

To blag, to steal something; to acquire something illegally.

A shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies