Theme vs plugin vs widget

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    emillypress · Member ·

    i am new to wordpress and went thru http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress to know basic of wordpress.
    I tried to absorb the explanation among Theme vs plugin vs widget.

    My understanding for them is :-

    Theme :- It is mlated mainly related to give different look and feel/ presentation to site.

    Plugin:- It is mix of presentation and backend logic with DB. For example if i want to develop
    retail store site , i probably can download ready made plugin for retail store sites(free or paid) which
    will come with presentation, back end logic and database

    If i want to change the presentation of my retail store site, i can apply different theme which will just
    change the presentation of site.

    I am not sure what widget mean? Probably these are UI widgets like tabs which can incorporate in
    any website?

    Please correct my understanding if it is wrong so that i can get good start with wordpress

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