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title: "What is the difference between clustered and non-clustered indexes?"  
description: "What is the difference between clustered and non-clustered indexes?"  
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published: 2018-03-20  
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# What is the difference between clustered and non-clustered indexes?

## Main difference between clustered and non-clustered Indexes are-

clustered index describes the order of record that is physically stored on the disk and Non clustered index is use to define Logical order that does not match the physical order on disk.

Clustered indexes can be read rapidly or faster rather than non-clustered indexes.

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## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

## Main difference between clustered and non-clustered Indexes are-

clustered index describes the order of record that is physically stored on the disk and Non clustered index is use to define Logical order that does not match the physical order on disk.

Clustered indexes can be read rapidly or faster rather than non-clustered indexes.

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