Growth investing focuses on companies expected to grow their sales and profits quickly, often in newer or fast-moving industries. Investors accept that such shares can look expensive today, hoping that rapid growth will justify the price over time. The risk is that if the expected growth does not arrive, the high price can fall sharply.
Value investing takes the opposite angle, looking for solid companies whose shares appear cheap relative to what the business is worth. The idea is to buy at a discount and wait for the market to recognise the true value. The risk here is that a share can look cheap for a good reason, and what seems like a bargain may reflect real problems in the business.
Neither approach is automatically better, and both have gone through long periods of outperforming the other. What matters more for a beginner is understanding which qualities you are looking for in a company, so that the metrics you screen and compare actually match your goals rather than being chosen at random.
This content is general information, not investment advice.