What is the difference between window.location.href () and window.open () methods in JavaScript?

window.location.href is a property from (window.location), it returns current url location in browser and when change it it will redirect the same page to the new url.
window.location.href = 'yourwebsiteurl'; window.open() is a method that will open the page you request inside it in new window.
window.open('yourwebsiteurl');

window.location.href is JS property used for when you want to redirect to another page or url for Ex.
window.location.href = 'http://www.yahoo.com' will redirect to yahoo.com window.open() : open a new window with specific location or url for ex.
window.open("http://yahoo.com"); will open yahoo.com in new popup window you can define various parameter to window.open() like : height, width, scrollbar=yes/no, statusbar etc.

window.location.href gets current URL of your browser.
window.open() is a method used to open new page by specifying page url using it.

window.location.href is a property from (window.location), it returns current url location in browser and when change it it will redirect the same page to the new url.
window.location.href = 'yourwebsiteurl'; window.open() is a method that will open the page you request inside it in new window.
window.open('yourwebsiteurl

window.location.href is used to redirect the page to another while window.open() is use for opening the link in a new window.
window.location.href could also be used to know the current address of the page if no value is passed to it.

1 Window.location.href() will redirect the page to provided URL2 Window.OPen Is used to open the popup window

Window.location.href is a property which provides the URL of the current. If it is set to a different URL than the one which you are currently on then the browser window redirects to that page. Window.open is a method which gives you the option to open a page in new window. By setting parameters you can make it open in the same window.

window.location.href : is not a method, it's a property to get current page url.
window.open('url') : is a method to open the url in new browser windows.

window.location.href is used for redirection window.open(); it opens a popup window

Both have same functionality.
as both opens you a page with specified URL but the actions are different1.
window.open() -> this open you an Page for Specified URL in a new Browser Window2.
window.location.href -> this open you an Page for Specified URL in the same Browser Window

window.location.href() is used to know the current window address or to change the current window address.
window.open is used to open a link address in new tab or new window.