Difference between accrual and accounts payable

  Respected  Madam 

  Accrual   Accounting  means   recording  of transactions  of  a particular  Business  entity  , weather  Revenue  or  Expense  , received  , paid  in Cash  or  not  in a  particular  accounting  period  . 

   Accounts  payable is  liability  to  pay  expense   to  Trade  creditors  . Carried  forward  to next  accounting  period   not  if   paid  in the particular  accounting  period .