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Both Excel and Access are capable of doing a lot of things that the other can do. Both can store data. Both allow you to manipulate data. Access is primarily for lists of data, such as names and addresses, while Excel mainly deals with numbers.
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application which lets your organize, analyze, and store data. Excel is used for calculations, charting/graphing, identifying trends, building reports, etc. MS Access is a small scale database used for small applications. Microsoft Access is entirely different from Microsoft Excel, one is a Database Programming tool and the other is a spreadsheet application.