Difference between priority and severity in software testing with example

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Priority in software testing : 

To assign priority for  "Test case" or Bug we need to think importance of the test case or bug in terms of customer (client)  perspective.

Severity in software testing :

To assign severity for  "Test case" or Bug we need to think importance of the test case or bug in terms of project(application) perspective.

Here are some examples for severity and priority Test case / Bug

High priority and low severity example

---> Customer (client) logo is not displaying in the application

In the above case functionality will work but logo is important from the client side so we can consider this as High priority and low severity