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It all depends on what a person is looking for. Wicca is a pagan religion with its own tenets, rites and rituals that incorporates witchcraft. So Wiccans are witches. Witchcraft on the other hand is a practice and witches do not, and many are not, Wiccans. Back in the early 1950's Gerald Gardner, the founder of Wicca, did not actually call it Wicca - he referred to his tradition as witchcraft. It wasn't until later that some author (can't remember who but it might have been Scott Cunningham) decided to refer to it as Wicca because it sounded a lot "nicer" "safer" and people friendly than witchcraft and it sold a lot more books. And since then Wicca, unfortunately has gone through many changes (most of them decidedly not good, in my opinion) and it has declined into the chaotic path of "do what feels right" as long as you don't harm anyone and other atrocious nonsensical beliefs such as some Wiccans don't even practice witchcraft. And the worst misinformation that is spread all over the internet is the Three Fold Law that is not a law and it has been totally misconstrued. Witchcraft, especially the older trads of witchcraft is something that can be very deep and rewarding and there are many traditions of it from the old European folkloric practices to the Shamanic paths of being a Hedge Rider or Myrkrider and then there's the more Ceremonial types of witchcraft.
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