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What is the difference between a Pearson's correlation and a Spearman's correlation?

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What is the difference between a Pearson's correlation and a Spearman's correlation?

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Pearson's correlation measures the strength of a linear relationship between two continuous variables, while Spearman's correlation measures the strength of a monotonic relationship between two variables.

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