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Digital signatures and electronic signatures are different terms
Many people have this misconception that Digital signature and electronic signatures are synonyms of a same application but it is not true. There is quite big difference in these two technologies. Digital signatures are just like your hand written signature which is used as the digital identity of yourself where electronic signatures are the imprints of your hand written signatures. Digital signatures need a digital certificate for the verification while electronic signatures are not bound to be verified by any type of certificate.
The basic difference in digital signature and electronic signatures side in their identity and format a set of key is provided with your digital signatures which are essential for the validation while there are no such keys when you want to sign a document by your electronic signatures.