What is overloading and overriding?

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Overloading is having multiple methods with the same name but different parameters. Overriding is replacing a method in a subclass.

Overloading is used to provide different ways to call a method with different parameters
Overriding is used to change the behavior of a method in a subclass
Overloading is resolved at compile-time while overriding is resolved at runtime
Overloading is done within the same class while overriding is done in a subclass
Example of overloading: public void print(int num) and public void print(String str)
Example of overriding: public class Animal { public void makeSound() { System.out.println('Animal sound'); } } public class Dog extends Animal { @Override public void makeSound() { System.out.println('Bark'); } }

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