Writing is an art that essentially comes in many forms and types. That art has very significant advantage to be learned, communications. Therefore, it is a vital tool for facilitating communication within any kind of organizations 
As mentioned before, writing has different types and
forms. It can be an influential documents such as reports or
can be an essays. Each type has its specific function, purpose
and form. For the reason, it’s very important to learn each
type in order to discover the differences between them
Report is written in academic and work place environments. It based on data collected from company documents, survey, work experience and questionnaires. It divided into separate sections that have heading, points and maybe numbered. It contains tables, charts and appendices. In normal way it can be extremely objective. In reports, it’s usual to see information repeated in different places. It’s paragraph tend to be shorter. It includes a description of method used and the writing style is different in different sections 
In other hand, Essay is usually written in academic
environments. it written by academic experts and based on
other people researches, theories and opinions. It has continue paragraph and the writing style is the same throughout. It doesn’t contain heading or numbering. And also, there are no tables or charts. It may include subjective opinion and very little repetition of information. The essay paragraph tend to be longer without recommendations. In essay, there is no need to explain the methods used 
Finally, documents can be very influential and useful if they appropriate and to the point. Therefore, with the previous lines that clarify in detailed the main differences between reports and essay. The differences that every person should learn to achieve best results in any environment he belongs to 