Difference Between Overloading And Overriding With Examples

Difference between Overloading and Overriding With Examples

Difference between Overloading and Overriding

No	Overloading	Overriding
1	Relationship between methods available in the same class.	Relationship between a super class method and a subclass method.
2	Does not block inheritance from the super class.	Blocks inheritance from the super class.
3	Separate methods share (overload) the same name.	Subclass method replaces (overrides) the super class method.
4	Different method signatures.	Same method signatures.
5	May have different return types.	Must have matching return types.
6	May have different declared exceptions.	Must have compatible declared exceptions.