Here are the few differences acc to
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SQL is a structured query language used for managing and retrieving data from the database system
MySQL is a Relational database system that uses SQL to query data from the databases.
SQL is proprietary based software owned by Microsoft and not open to others for free.
MySQL is an open-source free platform that allows access to any and everyone.
SQL is in itself a programming language used for database systems.
MySQL supports all the basic programming languages like C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and many others.
SQL supports only a single storage engine for different operations
MySQL supports different storage engines and does not take up a lot of space for different functions and operations. It also enables the plugin storage engine as well.