The difference between web hosting and domain hosting is simple: a domain is your website’s address, while web hosting is the space where your website files live. Both are needed to make a website accessible online, but they perform different jobs.
Domain hosting usually refers to services connected with registering and managing a domain name, such as example.com. It includes DNS settings, nameservers, domain renewal, privacy protection, and domain records. When someone types your domain into a browser, the DNS points them toward the server where your website is stored.
Web hosting is the service that stores your website’s content, including images, code, databases, blog posts, product pages, and email-related files if email is included. Without hosting, your domain may exist, but visitors will not see a working website.
Many companies sell both services together, which can make the terms confusing. You can buy a domain from one provider and host the website with another. In that case, you simply update the domain’s nameservers or DNS records to connect it with your website hosting server.