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title: "What is the difference between abstraction and encapsulation?"  
description: "What is the difference between abstraction and encapsulation?"  
author: "Samuel Fernandes"  
published: 2015-04-02  
updated: 2020-09-18  
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category: "java"  
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# What is the difference between abstraction and encapsulation?

abstraction hides the implementation details whereas encapsulation wraps code and data into a single unit.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

abstraction hides the implementation details whereas encapsulation wraps code and data into a single unit.


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