What is the difference between database and relational database?

A database is something that stores data. Using tools called Database Management Systems(like Oracle, Informix, Sybase, DB2), you can create, view, modify, and delete databases. Databases can be -Relational -Object Oriented -Object Relational Relational database stores data in tables(called realtions). These tables are related to each other.Just like in our family, our relations are related with each other. In Object Oriented Databases, the information is stored in the form of Objects as in Object Oriented Programming.OODBMS makes database objects appear as programming language objects in one or more porgramming languages. Object relational databases combine the features of both Object Oriented as well as Relational databases. Here you can not only store simple data like text in relational, but you can also store complex objects like images, audio and video in tables.