Difference between Money Market and Capital Market

Basis	Money market	Capital market
Meaning	The money market is the market in which short term securities such as treasury bill, certificate of deposits and commercial bills are traded	Capital market is the market in which long term financial instruments such as equities and bond are raised and traded.
Maturity period	The maturity period is less than one year is accounted for.	The maturity period is more than one year.
Credit instruments	The credit instruments are short term in nature such as treasury bills, commercial paper, certificate of deposit, etc	Its a credit instrument is debenture, shares, and government securities, etc.
Institution	The institution involved in the money market are central bank commercial banks, bill brokers, etc	The institution involved in it are stock exchange development banks, finance companies
Purpose of loan	Its the purpose of the short term in nature.	Its the purpose for the long term in nature.
risk	The degree of risk is small in it	The degree of risk is higher in it.
Relation with the central bank.	It is directly linked with the central bank	It has no close relationship with the central bank