smitra(s/w test engineer)

• Oct 10th, 2007

 

 Build  is  the   software  module  produced  by the  development   team.
 
Patch  is  the  fix  which  is  given  by the  developers  to  the  end-users  in  the  form   of   Service   Packs.

Aru

• Aug 28th, 2017

 

Patch is a small software that contains new and modified programs whereas build has old programs(features) that may have bugs. Patch is fixing a bug in a particular build. Patch has small size as compared to build also duration to develop a patch is smaller as compared to build