What Is the Difference between a Jenkins Project and a Jenkins Pipeline?

Question
You have heard of Jenkins pipelines and projects. What is the difference?

Answer
A Jenkins project is a new word for a Jenkins job. It is "[a] user-configured description of work which Jenkins should perform, such as building a piece of software, etc" (according to Jenkins website).

A Jenkins pipeline is "[a] user-defined model of a continuous delivery" automated stream of procedures related to software (according to Jenkins website).

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