Dating vs A relationship

Good morning world. I have no idea why I'm not asleep so I figure I will bug the hell out of you. Now, allot of people debate over this whole dating vs relationship thing. Mostly men say it's the same thing and women say no its different. From what I can see dating has changed ALLOT over the years. It used to be easy. You'd go to dinner, see his toupee and never call again and he'd catch the hint. Now motha fuckas peeping in yo windows to make sure you alive so they can kill you for not calling back.

The whole point of dating is to get to know someone and see where it goes. Where my confusion comes in is do you date one person or multiple people?  If your dating multiple people how are you really giving your full attention to either of them? If you DO decide to date just one isn't that damn near a relationship?

You only go out with him, you on talk to him, if he finds out you did go on another date he's gone. So wth!?

What are your thoughts on the whole thing? Are they the same or different?