Explain explicit and implicit wait

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Explicit wait is defined by the user in the code, while implicit wait is defined globally for the entire script execution.

Explicit wait is used for a specific element to wait until a certain condition is met before proceeding with the next steps.
Implicit wait is used to set a default waiting time for the entire script to wait for elements to be available before throwing an exception.
Example of explicit wait: WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10); wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("elementID")));
Example of implicit wait: driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

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