Object and Instance

[Adrian]

How is the object different from instance? Are they the same or not?

[zsk_00]

object oriented terminologies can be confusing. You can create instance of a class and call it an object. But if you call a class an object to begin with, then instance of this object is just an instance!

zafar

[blenda]

Hi,
Both object and instance refer to the same thing. In other words object is an instance of a class. And class is a collection of similar objects.

Regards,
Blenda

[v.sujatha]

Object and instance mean one and the same.We just use them alternatively.The meaning remains the same

[Angela]

An object and an instance are one in the same. Objects are instances of a class.So without doubt you can take that an object and an instance are the same.