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title: "What is the difference between overloding and overriding in c#?"  
description: "What is the difference between overloding and overriding in c#?"  
author: "Pradeep kumar Patel"  
published: 2019-11-01  
updated: 2023-04-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/82455/what-is-the-difference-between-overloding-and-overriding-in-c-sharp  
category: "programming language"  
tags: ["c#", ".net programming"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is the difference between overloding and overriding in c#?

What is the [difference](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/5016/chia-vs-basil-seeds-what-s-the-difference) between overloding and [overriding in c#](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93927/define-the-method-overloading-and-overriding-in-c-sharp-also-differentiate-between-them)?

## Answers

### Answer by Mark John

Overloading and overriding are two concepts of **OOP** (Object Oriented Programming) that are used to increase the code **readability, reusability, and maintainability.** They allow a programmer to achieve the same functionality with different signatures such as number, type, and order of parameters. While both of these concepts can be used to achieve the same goal, they are quite different.

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**Overloading** is a feature of [C#](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/327250/what-is-oops-in-c-sharp) that allows multiple methods to have the same name but different parameters. This is useful because it allows the **programmer** to use the same method name for different purposes. For example, a programmer can create two methods with the same name, one that takes **two** and **three** parameters. The two-parameter method might do something different than the three-parameter method. This allows the programmer to reuse code and make the code more readable.

In contrast, **overriding** is a feature of C# that allows a derived class to replace the [functionality](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/327163/coding-technique) of a base class. Overriding is used to change the **behavior** of a method in the derived class. This can be used to **customize** the behavior of an inherited method so that it is suitable for the derived class. For example, a derived class might have a different [implementation](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/327168/exception-handling-in-programming-tackle-unnecessary-errors-while-running) of a method **inherited** from the base class. The derived class can then override the base class method to provide its implementation.

Overall, overloading and overriding are two concepts in C# used to achieve the same goal: improving code readability, reusability, and maintainability. **Overloading** allows multiple methods to have the same name but different parameters while **overriding** allows a derived class to replace the functionality of a base class. Both of these concepts can be used to improve the code, but they have different uses and should be used in the appropriate situations.


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