string:

• Immutable - operations create new string objects
• Good for few string operations
• Thread-safe (immutability)
  StringBuilder:
• Mutable - modifies existing buffer
• Efficient for multiple string operations
• Not thread-safe
• Has capacity management

// Inefficient - creates multiple string objects
string result = "";
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
{
    result += i.ToString(); // Creates new string each time
}
// Efficient - uses internal buffer
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
{
    sb.Append(i); // Modifies existing buffer
}
string result = sb.ToString();