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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.
Much of Access's functionality builds off that of Microsoft Excel. However, Access is significantly more powerful for complex computing tasks or for large data sets. Rather than operating through worksheets, Access stores data in tables that are operated using SQL.