# Sprite or MovieClip difference

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-or-movieclip-difference/329768>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 13, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-or-movieclip-difference/329768 "2012-10-13T11:08:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![quest20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a87d85/32.png) [@quest20](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/quest20)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sprite-or-movieclip-difference/329768/1 "2012-10-13T11:08:15Z")

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What is the difference between MovieClip and Sprite? They seem to be used in the same way and are interchangeable. Is one a super class of the other? For example, i want to create a button its not an animated button so would the better alternative for me to use the Sprite class or MovieClip?