What is the difference between drop table and delete table in SQL Server

Question

What is the distinction between the following two in SQL Server?

• If you want to open a new query editor window, choose Drop table from the right-click menu when you are on a database object (table or view).
• To delete a database object (table or view), use the right-click menu.

Both of them accomplish the identical action, according to my testing. Why would there be two choices for the same thing? Is choosing Delete merely a crude method of removing the DB object?

Answer 1

The "script" option, which provides the t-SQL statement for a simple drop table statement, is located at the top of the delete object GUI. In contrast, if you choose the option to drop a table, the produced T-SQL would only do so if the table was already present in the Sys.Objects table.

Answer 2

Drop command is used for deleting the structure of the table

Ex: DROP table table_name;

Delete command is used for deleting the rows of the table.

Ex: DELETE from Table_name