Difference between XHTML and HTML

Difference between XHTML and HTML:

The first difference between XHTML and HTML is that XHTML can be said to be a hybrid language that bridges HTML to XML. HTML5 on the other hand is only the fifth version of the initial HTML 5. Markup representation between XHTML and HTML 5 differ and this is a very special .

Some points of difference are listed here: 

• HTML 5 is a revision of HTML which means Hyper Text Markup Language
• XML means Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language
• XHTML is a bridge between HTML and XML
• XHTML and HTML 5 present different ways through which markup can be presented
• XHTML similar to HTML 4.0 but not similar to HTML 5.0
• All tags that must be opened in HTML must be closed.
• HTML 5 is less strict to its requirements on coding as opposed to XHTML
• XHTML comes with restrictions on what tags can be nested within each other and HTML 5 is not as strict on nesting.