Difference between record-form record-edit-form & record-view-form | LWC

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In this post, we will see the simplified difference between record forms: lightning-record-form, lighting-record-view-form, and lighting-record-edit-form in the Lightning Web Component Framework.

I have summarized the important points from the documentation and added those in the tabular format so that it will help you to choose the right component as per your requirements. 

lightning-record-form	lightning-record-view-form	lightning-record-edit-form
Create record forms to view, create, and edit records with very less coding.	Create customizable record display forms with read-only mode.	Create customizable record edit, view forms. You can also add some read-only fields.
Requires you to specify the object-api-name attribute	Requires you to specify the object-api-name attribute	requires you to specify the object-api-name attribute
The record-id is required in the edit mode	The record-id is required to load the record	The record-id is required to load an existing record.
No additional apex class required to load/create/update a record.	No additional apex class required to load a record.	No additional apex class required to load/create/update a record.
The mode attribute is required. view - used to load the record edit - used to edit/create the record readonly - record is opened in read-only mode	The record is always opened in the read-only mode.	The record is always opened in the edit mode.
The layout-type attribute is used to specify a Full or Compact layout. The fields configured by admin in the layouts are auto rendered on the form. Full - all fields configured on the full page layout of the record are rendered. Compact - all fields configured on the compact layout are rendered.	No fields attribute. Fields are rendered using lightning-output-field component nested inside the lightning-record-view-form	No fields atttribute. Fields are rendered using lightning-input-field component nested inside the lightning-record-edit-form
The fields attribute is used to mention a list of fields to be rendered.	-	-
The component expects the fields attribute or the layout-type attribute	-	-
Save and Cancel buttons are added automatically	-	Need to add a button with the submit to save the record. Also a cancel button is needed which can call the reset() function.
lightning-record-form does not support prepopulating of the fields when the form is loaded	-	Use the value attribute on lightning-input-field to prepopulate the field value.
If there are record types on the object, picklist values are loaded based on the record types. You must provide the record-type-id attribute if you have multiple record types and you don't have a default record type. Otherwise, the default record type id is used.	Not need as it's the read-only mode.	If there are record types, picklist values are loaded based on the record types. You must provide the record-type-id attribute if you have multiple record types and you don't have a default record type. Otherwise, the default record type id is used.
Use the columns attribute to define the number of columns	Use the lightning-layout and lightning-layout-item to create a multi-column layout	Use the lightning-layout and lightning-layout-item to create a multi column layout
You don't have the flexibility to add an empty space in the field grid between two fields.	You can add an empty space in the field grid using an empty layout-item between two fields	You can add an empty space in the field grid using an empty layout-item between two fields
You can't add custom elements	You can add custom elements to display fields	You can add custom elements to display/update fields
Custom Events error load submit success	Custom Events load	Custom Events error load submit success
You can use the cancel button to reset the form.	-	To reset the form fields to their initial values, use the reset() method on the lightning-input-field.
Does not support custom UI level validations	-	You can add custom UI level validations on the lightning-input-field components.

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