The difference is: Backtracking is a concept of how an algorithm works, DFS (depth first search) is an actual algorithm that bases on backtracking. DFS essentially is backtracking (it is searching a tree using backtracking) but not every algorithm based on backtracking is DFS. To add a comparison: Backtracking is a concept like divide and ... More @Wikipedia
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