What is the difference between an alert and a warning message?

Traditionally, “alerts” have been used to indicate that something significant has happened or may happen, while “warnings” typically follow alerts and provide more detail information indicating what protective action should be taken.

1. What is a warning message?
2. What is the purpose of an alert?
3. What is difference between warning and error?

What is a warning message?

A warning message is a modal dialog box, in-place message, notification, or balloon that alerts the user of a condition that might cause a problem in the future.

What is the purpose of an alert?

Alerting makes it possible for people to keep up with the information that matters most to them. Alerts are typically delivered through a notification system and the most common application of the service is machine-to-person communication. Very basic services provide notification services via email or SMS.

What is difference between warning and error?

WARNING: Something has not worked as it should. This may be of greater or lesser importance depending on the circumstances. e.g. An input file was not found, or was of the wrong format. ERROR: Something ``serious'' has gone wrong.