Butterscotch is very similar to Caramel.
Caramel is made from water, sugar, cream, butter and vanilla cooked to the firm ball stage…..340 degrees…..and is slightly burnt sugar and taste burnt- slightly burnt.
Butterscotch is brown sugar, butter, cream, vanilla and salt and is cooked to the soft crack stage…270-289…….degrees and not always but usually taste very sweet.
They do taste different. One of them I almost never eat.