And are the terms framework, library, tools and dependencies interchangeable?

You might say they are not, but I’ve often seen these terms used for the same things

I’m not trying to distinguish between them all, but framework has a much larger meaning than the rest

Therefore any one library, tool or dependency cannot be a framework

Dot Net is a framework, no one would call JavaScript a framework?

Then why do we call automation libraries like RestAssured, JUnit etc. a framework?

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