| Sl no | Adjournment | Prorogation |
| 1 | Adjournment terminates a sitting of the House; NOT a session. It is used to end each sitting of a House. | Prorogation terminates a session of the House. Hence, it also ends the last sitting of the House. It is used to end an entire session of the House. |
| 2 | The Presiding officer adjourns a House | The President prorogues a House of the Parliament. |
| 3 | It does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House and the same can be resumed when the House meets again. | It also does not affect the bills or any other business pending before the House. However, all pending notices (other than those for introducing bills) lapse on prorogation and fresh notices have to be given for the next session. In Britain, prorogation brings to an end all bills or any other business pending before the House. |