Difference between variant calling and genotyping

Question

[Floydian_slip]

Hi, I see these two terms interchangeably and then I see them next to each other. Can someone clarify the difference between the two? Thanks!

[Arup Ghosh]

Check this answer by @kevin Genotyping, genotype calling or SNP calling?

[microfuge]

another absolute gem from Kevin

[microfuge]

my guess would be variant calling =~ probing for existence of alleles and genotyping ~= finding which alleles (allelic pair in diploids) exist in an individual.

Answer 1

[Floydian_slip]

Thanks guys, this is very helpful.

Answer 2

[Charles Warden]

I would tend to use genotyping for arrays (probably for germline variants), and variant calling for high-throughput sequencing (for either germline or somatic variants)