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title: "Difference between Swing and Awt?"  
description: "Difference between Swing and Awt?"  
author: "Chris Anderson"  
published: 2012-06-13  
updated: 2020-09-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1477/difference-between-swing-and-awt  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Difference between Swing and Awt?

AWT are heavy-weight componenets. Swings are light-weight components. Hence swing works faster than AWT.

## Answers

### Answer by Chris Anderson

AWT are heavy-weight componenets. Swings are light-weight components. Hence swing works faster than AWT.


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