What is the difference between Role and Profile?

What is the difference between Role and Profile?

In CRM, Role defines a position of user(s) within the organizational-wide hierarchy. It can be used to provide or restrict access to the CRM data. Whereas Profile defines
the set of permissions to access the features in the CRM.
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