DNA and RNA, both are nucleic acids. They are composed of repeating units of nucleotides. Again each nucleotide consists of a sugar, a phosphate and a nucleic acid base. The main difference comes from the sugar present in DNA and RNA. The sugar in DNA is deoxyribose whereas in RNA it is ribose. The deoxyribose sugar lacks 2' hydroxyl (oxygen-hydrogen atom combination called a hydroxyl).
Another difference comes from the composition of the nucleotides. DNA has repeating units of Adenine, Guanine, Thymine and Cytosine. However RNA has all the bases except Thymine, instead of thymine it has Uracil.
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