What is the difference betweeen a wheel alignment and a front end alignment?

wheel alignment is more acurately know as wheel balancing and it is done by adding lead weight to compensate for imbalance due to wobble in the rim, a front end alignment accurately measures the distance from centerline of vehicle from outside tire to outside tire and evenly devides the distance between for straight travel. if pulling to the left than a front end alighnment is needed...