@Component marks a class for component scanning so Spring registers it automatically as a bean. @Bean is used on a method inside a @Configuration class to register the returned object as a bean, often for third‑party types or custom instantiation. Both become managed beans.
Expanding on the short answer — what usually matters in practice:
A tiny example (an explanation template):
// Example: discuss trade-offs for "@component-vs-@bean?"
function explain() {
// Start from the core idea:
// @Component is for auto-scanning classes. @Bean is used in @Configuration classes to explic
}