Difference Between Crowns and Veneers?

Dental crowns and veneers typically cost exactly the same price. They are made from the exact same materials and essentially take the same amount of chair time. The only difference is that veneers cover only the outer surface of the tooth, while dental crowns cover the tooth 360 degrees. Both should be bonded to your tooth and look very aesthetic once completed. Leave it to a well trained cosmetic dentist to decide if a porcelain veneer or porcelain dental crown is right for you.

Veneers should be more expensive, as they are harder to do and take more time, but most often the fee is the same.
Essentially, a crown covers the entire tooth and a veneer covers the front and sides. Basically a crown cut in half. A veneer is all porcelain and most crowns are too, but some old fashioned crowns have a metal core or are entirely metal.
The fee changes when a smile makeover is done. If only one tooth is restored, the fee might be $1000-1200, but if 10 teeth are done (a normal smile zone), the added lab costs, planning and time involved can add up to $15,000-18,000, making the fee $1500 to $1800 per tooth. The increase in fee was for the extra lab fees and time, as well as the clinical skill of the treating dentist. Most dentists don't have the proper training to do smile makeovers well. Usually, cheaper fees mean less experience when it comes to smile makeovers.

You've gotten great answers so far.  Usually they cost about the same, and even though veneers require less removal of tooth structure, they are often more difficult and exacting...because a well-trained cosmetic dentist needs to know WHICH tooth structure to not remove!

Crowns cover the whole tooth, while veneers cover the front and wrap around the sides and biting edge.  Since veneers are thinner they are often more delicate than crowns, but also more conservative and a great choice if the teeth are healthy and just need cosmetic improvement.

The difference between a crown in a veneer are usually in the amount of tooth that needs to be prepared and as well the thickness of the porcelain. Covers the entire surface of the two whereas a veneer only covers the front and bottom portion of the tooth.  A veneer is much more conservative than a crown and when possible veneers should always be considered. A crown is more commonly referred to as a "cap".  Either came a man of all porcelain but crowns sometimes are made out of porcelain and gold.

A porcelain veneer is a decidedly more conservative restoration than a crown. However, that also makes it a more technically demanding restoration, from the preparation of the tooth to the temporization of the tooth to the final placement of the veneer. When crowns are needed they are simpler but more invasive because they cover the entire tooth and involve more tooth removal. When a veneer can be done it is much thinner and usually involves only the front, sides and top of the tooth.  A veneer on a front tooth leaves the tooth much stronger in the long run than if a crown is done. A veneer can sometimes cost more than a crown depending on the situation.