what is the generic difference between debt and equity?

Answer Posted / pawan

Debt is the source of fund supplied by external financiers
for a contracted return and period.
Equity is the residual ownership on the returns of a firm
after satisfying all the liabilities.
The pecking order of debt is higher than equity, the risk of
equity is higher than debt

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