What is the difference between List and Set Interface In Java ?

Here we list all the differences between List interface and Set interface In Java.

Know Also : List / Set / ArrayList / LinkedList / Vector / Stack / HashSet / LinkedHashSet / TreeSet

List	Set
List contains duplicate elements.	Set contains only Unique elements.
List is an ordered collection. It maintains insertion order of elements.	Set is an unordered collection. It doesn’t maintain insertion order of elements.
List allows any number of null values.	Set allows only single null value.
List has one Legacy class i.e. vector.	Set don’t have any Legacy class.
List can be traversed with ListIterator and Iterator.	Set can only traversed with Iterator.
List implementation classes are ArrayList, LinkedList, Stack, Vector.	Set implementation classes are HashSet, LinkedHashSet, TreeSet.
List allows index based search of any element, using get(E) method.	Set doesn’t allows index based search of element.

      

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