Issue

The closest I got to finding the actual difference is this article.

But I didn't understand what would make me choose one over the other and if microservices can also use a REST API and communicate via http.

I mainly didn't understand what a microservice is and if it can come instead of a webservice, other than the purpose of

breaking large software applications into loosely coupled modules

Solution

A microservice is a software architecture, which can be implemented with webservices.

A webservice is just a technology (one of many) for providing services over "web" or HTTP.

Answered By - Kayaman

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (PHPFixing Volunteer)