What is the difference between a language and a dialect?

[Chloe]

There is often debate about what is considered a language in it’s own right, and what is considered a dialect - a mini-language which derives from a language.

Here is an extremely clear article which explains the differences perfectly:
Language vs. Dialect Vs. Accent: Learn The Differences | Dictionary.com.

[Kat]

Exactly! I wish more people knew the difference. Thank you for sharing this🙏

[Kajol]

Thanks for sharing this insightful resource!

[Devanshi]

This was insightful since on many websites you can specify what dialect you want but I used to think that they were seperate languages.