In a very simple terms - Force.com is the OS(Operating System) on which your cell phone is running. Salesforce.com is you actual cell phone. In detail Firstly, Force.com is the FRAMEWORK, this allows users to build their your own applications and/or customize the standard applications provided by Salesforce.com. In Force.com users have build their own Data Model, Business logic, and user interface from scratch for their applications. Salesforce.com is READY TO USE Sales(CRM) and Service application. Meaning to say Salesforce.com provides pre-built applications under "Sales Cloud", "Marketing Cloud", "Service Cloud" process. All the applications provided by Salesforce.com are developed and running on Force.com Platform. Also this means that User will be given pre built applications with fully developed Data Model, Business Logic and User Interface. Secondly, For...