Difference between href and routerLink in Angular?

In Single Page Application (SPA), routerLink  will load the component into router-outlet without reloading/refreshing the page. On the other hand, clicking on a href link will refresh/reload the whole application or reset the application back to the start (state will get reset).

 

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