URL and URI

From stackoverflow: 

URI: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a string of characters used to identify a name or a resource on the Internet. Such identification enables interaction with representations of the resource over a network (typically the World Wide Web) using specific protocols

URL: In computing, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a subset of the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it.

Example

To identify a specific resource and how to access it - in all completeness

URI: mysql://localhost@databasename:password

The URL shows you where you can find the database on the internet and which protocol you should use.

URL: mysql://localhost