Testing and Debugging

Is testing and debugging is same?

Testing and debugging is not the same, usually testing is done by software tester with intend to find the defects in the software. But the debugging is basically done by the developers to find the root cause of the defect, logged by the tester, with intention to fix the defect.

Below are the differences, 

Testing	Debugging
Testing activity is performed to find the defects	Debugging is performed to Fix the defects.
Usually done by software testers	Usually done by software developers
Formal test case documents were used to test the functionality of software, with having functional knowledge.	No formal test cases documents were used to debug the software. It is completely based on developer knowledge
It is destructive activity - To prove the software have defect	It is constructive Activity - To prove the software works fine.