what is the different between sqlite database & content providers?

[sameera liyanage]

what is the different between sqlite database & content providers?
both store data & we can retrive them as we need ?

[Ulf Dittmer]

A content provider need not get its data from a DB, although that is probably the most common case. For home screen folders, in particular, it often makes sense to show non-DB data.

[sameera liyanage]

i found this from site .Is this correct?

ContentProvider are used to provide data from an application to another. ContentProvider do not store the data but provide the interface for other applications to access the data.

[zoheb hassan]

Exactly, that definition is the perfect one