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title: "What is the difference between HashMap and TreeMap?"  
description: "What is the difference between HashMap and TreeMap?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-05-12  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2518/what-is-the-difference-between-hashmap-and-treemap  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java", "collection"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the difference between HashMap and TreeMap?

HashMap maintains no order but TreeMap maintains ascending order.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

HashMap maintains no order but TreeMap maintains ascending order.


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