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SPECIAL THANS TO @hitesh Chaudhary sir
So in very basic terms access token is -> short lived
and refresh token is -> long term
Access token is given with each login and you can think of it as a key to your session login on that site
Refresh token is given alongside it but it’s expiry is relatively bigger than it’s former.
So let’s say your session expires then this refresh token will help you get log in without actually needing to take all details from you, this is major benefit
access tokens are used to gain access, while refresh tokens are used to obtain new access tokens: