Decimal Vs Numeric (Difference Between Decimal and Numeric)

There is no difference between Decimal and Numeric.Both datatypes perform same on the assigned column.

EX 1:

IFOBJECT_ID('dbo.Explanation') > 0
DROPTABLEdbo.Explanation
CREATETABLEdbo.Explanation
(
    Decimalcolumndecimal(5, 2), NumericColumnnumeric(5, 2)

);

GO
INSERTINTOdbo.ExplanationVALUES(123, 123);
GO
SELECTDecimalcolumn, NumericColumn
FROMdbo.Explanation;

EX 2:

IFOBJECT_ID('dbo.Explanation') > 0
DROPTABLEdbo.Explanation
CREATETABLEdbo.Explanation(
    Decimalcolumndecimal(10, 4), NumericColumnnumeric(10, 4)

);

GO
INSERTINTOdbo.ExplanationVALUES(12345.67, 12345.67);
GO
SELECTDecimalcolumn, NumericColumn
FROMdbo.Explanation;