Difference between Heron and Stork

What is the difference between Heron and Stork?

Heron as a noun is a long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family ardeidae. while Stork as a noun is a large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family ciconiidae.

We hope you now know whether to use Heron or Stork in your sentence.