Question: What's the difference between the Airport Extreme & Express?

I have read the specs on the Apple site a couple times and while I can see that the Extreme costs $80 more I cannot see difference from a functional or performance perspective.
What am I missing?
Thanks.

Check out the following iFelix link to give you a good reference to see the differences between the AirPorts: AirPort base station differences

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