what is the difference between "embassy and counsulate"?

Answer 1

Ambassadors reside in embassies
Consuls reside in consulates

Consulates tend to serve cities with a large population of ex-patriates (e.g. the Greek consulate in Boston). A consulate is also a sovereign presence.

Embassies are a foreign nation's sovereign presence on the other nation's soil (e.g. the Greek embassy in DC). Greece can't have more than one embassy, but they have many consulates throughout the US to serve ex-patriates and people there on business. My mom (permanent resident) renews her EU passport at the embassy in an hour or so.

Answer 2

Basically, consulates deal with visa affairs, citizen services (passports, etc), and authentification of documents. Embassies, on the other hand, are the official representatives of a country on foreign soil, and as such carry out the policies of that government, be it in political or economic affairs.
A consular section can be part of an embassy, but in general terms, the embassy carries more weight than the consulate.

Answer 3

A consulate is like a junior embassy. It's generally located in a busy tourist city, and takes care of minor diplomatic tasks such as issuing visas. The word consulate literally means office of the consul, who is a diplomat appointed to foster trade and take care of expatriates. You can read some pointed essays about the role of the modern day consulate at the American Foreign Service site.

Embassies are much bigger deals. The word embassy comes from the French ambassy, or office of the ambassador. Ambassadors are high-ranking diplomatic representatives who serve as spokespersons for their national governments. If one country recognizes the sovereignty of another, they generally establish an embassy there. Embassies take care of the same administrative duties as consulates, but they also represent their governments abroad.

This can be tricky business. For instance, the United States doesn't maintain an embassy in Taiwan (in order to maintain diplomatic relations with China), but it does operates a consulate there to take care of its overseas citizens.

Answer 4

An Ambassador is resident in an Embassy whilst lower ranking
Consul officials deal from a Consulate.

Answer 5

Embassy: Represenative office of another country in a particular country. Only one embassy in a country for a particular country.

Consulate: Provides protective services for its citizens in the particular country, and issues visas/passports to those who wish to enter the country they represent. Can be several consulates in a country. We have many in New York City, while most embassies are in Washington, DC

Answer 6

In big countries like India embassy is only in new Delhi,but they have different consulate in every state's big city for peoples convince like visa etc.and other things they don't have to go so for,so embassy is like head Office and consulates are it's branches Ambassador also sits in Embassy.