PP Issue - Resources VS WorK Center

Dear PP Guru,
As i know for resources , there's secondary resource could allocated for costing purpose.
Thru resource network, you can define the network as the work center and the assign an specific resource (work center) at order release.
Can anyone tell the similarity & different in term of resource vs Work center ?
TQ

Dear,
Resource & Workcenter are approximately same. Resource are assigned to work center category 008 (Processing unit). This is inturn assigned to the Task list type 2 (Master Receipe). Work center (CR01) is deifned for work center ct 001 or 002 and assign it to the routing. And in simple language work Centers use in routing of PP (discreet manufacturing), and resources use in master recepies of PP-PI (proces manufacturing).
Hope clear to you. There is no other difference.
Regards,
R.Brahmankar

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