They use different weights for past price observations. For simple MA weights for all price observations in the window are equal (you divide sum by the number of observations to calculate MA value), while for EMA they are exponentially decreasing
SMA is also more often used to determine the overall trend and can be useful for identifying long-term trends. EMA is often used to identify short-term trends and signal levels.
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