Why do monitors display more things on the screen while they have the same resolution as laptop screens?

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For example: a laptop screen may show 8 icons on the desktop but when connected to a monitor bigger in size (inches) it may show 10 icons on the desktop even though both have same resolution so things should just look bigger

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Windows 10 has separate display scaling for each screen.

If both screens are the same resolution, but one fits more icons than the other, then it is probably becsue they have different display scaling set.

[Link to display scaling article](https://www.pcworld.com/article/2953978/use-windows-10s-individual-display-scaling-to-perfect-your-multi-monitor-setup.html)

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