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Microsoft Excel on the other hand is a spreadsheet program, it is usually used to display data and work out calculations in the form of tables and graphs, it also has a more integrated use of macros. So basically, Access stores data, Excel calculates and displays data.   ANS2:Access creates relational databases.
To make the long story short one could say that MS Access (as a database) is used to collect, store and organize the data. Excel on the other hand is meant for representing data in various ways. But there is so much more in the background, when we talk about Microsoft Access itself.