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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.
The basic difference between the two is this: Spreadsheet -- one spreadsheet is actually just one big table with columns and rows. In Excel you can have several spreadsheets that may be linked to another via formulas and functions.