WCF and WCF services can be confusing. So from my understanding, WCF is more of a programming model to help build web services. WCF services is the web service itself that gives it a wider range of communication capability to help clients and service applications interact with each other. To get a more detailed and technical explanation of it, you may want to look at this link. http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/article816-understanding-the-basics-of-wcf-service-.aspx