Basically, both means the possibility of using WLED controllers in such a way that the LEDs react to music or other noises and light up in time. However, original WLED software did not have this option, so at that time a fork was generated by the software, where this option was then additionally implemented. This WLED software is called Sound Reactive WLED (SR WLED). Later, a UserMod was developed based on Sound Reactive WLED for the original WLED version, also with such a functionality. This UserMod is called AudioReactive (AR WLED). For SR WLED and AR WLED you need an ESP32 based WLED controller. SR WLED also supported ESP8266 microcontrollers up to version 0.13.0-beta3, but no longer after that.