difference between primary key and unique key and foreign key code example

Example 1: difference primary key and foreign key

Primary Key :
It is unique column in every table in a database
It can ONLY accept;
    - nonduplicate values
    - cannot be NULL
Foreign Key: 
It is a column that comes from a different table and
using Foreign key tables are related each other
It is the primary key of another table
It can be duplicate or null for another table

Unique Key:
Only unique value and also can contain NULL

Example 2: difference between unique vs primary key in sql

What is the difference between UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY constraints? 
There should be only one PRIMARY KEY 
in a table whereas there can be
any number of UNIQUE Keys.
PRIMARY KEY doesn’t allow NULL
values whereas Unique key allows NULL values.

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