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title: "Difference between Java and JavaScript?"  
description: "Difference between Java and JavaScript?"  
author: "Nishi Tiwari"  
published: 2020-02-03  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/33687/difference-between-java-and-javascript  
category: "javascript"  
tags: ["javascript"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Difference between Java and JavaScript?

**Java** is the complete programming language whereas **JavaScript** is a coded program that is introduced to HTML pages. These two languages are not inter-dependent and are designed for different intent. Java is an object-oriented programming language (OOPS) or structured programming language like C++ or C whereas JavaScript is the client-side scripting language.


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