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title: "What is the difference between HashSet and HashMap?"  
description: "What is the difference between HashSet and HashMap?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-05-12  
updated: 2020-09-20  
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category: "java"  
tags: ["java", "collection"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the difference between HashSet and HashMap?

HashSet contains only values whereas HashMap contains entry(key,value). HashSet can be iterated but HashMap need to convert into Set to be iterated.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

HashSet contains only values whereas HashMap contains entry(key,value). HashSet can be iterated but HashMap need to convert into Set to be iterated.


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