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title: "What is the difference between superclass and subclass?"  
description: "What is the difference between superclass and subclass?"  
author: "Pushpendra Singh"  
published: 2010-10-25  
updated: 2020-09-24  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/170/what-is-the-difference-between-superclass-and-subclass  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the difference between superclass and subclass?

A super class is a class that is inherited whereas sub class is a class that does the inheriting.

## Answers

### Answer by Pushpendra Singh

A super class is a class that is inherited whereas sub class is a class that does the inheriting.


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