Plucking guitar chords

1. Do you play a guitar by plucking the strings?
2. What is the difference between plucking and fingerstyle?

Do you play a guitar by plucking the strings?

Guitar picking is a group of hand and finger techniques a guitarist uses to set guitar strings in motion to produce audible notes. These techniques involve plucking, strumming, brushing, etc. Picking can be done with: A pick (plectrum) held in the hand.

What is the difference between plucking and fingerstyle?

Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar or bass guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking (plucking individual notes with a single plectrum, commonly called a "pick").