Area, bar, column, and line graphs – PB Docs 2022

Area, bar, column, and line graphs are conceptually very
similar. They differ only in how they physically represent the data
values—whether they use areas, bars, columns, or lines to represent
the values. All other properties are the same. Typically you use
area and line graphs to display continuous data and use bar and
column graphs to display noncontinuous data.

The only difference between a bar graph and a column graph is
the orientation: in column graphs, values are plotted along the y
axis and categories are plotted along the x axis. In bar graphs,
values are plotted along the x axis and categories are plotted along
the y axis.