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What are the similarities and differences between penumbra and umbra?

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What are the similarities and differences between penumbra and umbra?

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Umbra is the opaque, darker part of the shadow. The penubra is the semi-opaque, lighter part of the shadow. Usually the penumbra is smaller the the ubmbra, but the solar eclipse on an exception. Both are parts of shadows.

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