Difference between Structural and Attribute directives in angular?

What is the difference between Structural and Attribute directives ?

Directives are divided into two types namely Structural and Attribute directives.

These are the differences:

Structural directives:

• It changes the structure of the DOM.
• * is prefixed to the structural directives.
• *ngIf, *ngFor are the examples of structural directives.

 

Attribute directives:

• It just changes the appearance of the DOM.
• It is not prefixed with *.
• ngClass, ngStyle are the examples of attribute directives.