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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.
There are some major fundamental differences between a spreadsheet and a database. Although you can get either to act like the other with some magic, there comes a point that the differences start to shine through. A database is designed to store and manipulate huge amounts of data, and it is dang good at it.