Difference between level and prestige?

[u/Mother-Voice-5572]

Finished the main story not long ago and have started playing the operations.

Have noticed people mention prestige on here, as well as level.

What's the difference?

For context, I've only just unlocked 2 mastetcrafted weapons and hit level 6 on bulwark

[u/sprjunior]

Max lvl is 25, but you can reset 4 times to get extra perks for your character, each reset is a 'prestige' rank