superclass Comparison Table

superclass comparison table

Subject have is a kind of is a synonym of is a subtopic of has definition

ancestor a unique name since somebody in the future might want to import the packages containing both classes and hence create a name clash class ascendant class Inheritance A class A is an ancestor of class B if it is farther up in the class hierarchy than class B and class B is descended from it

superclass 1 or more subclasses called its descendant(s) ancestor parent class Classes A class's direct ancestor

Subject	have	is a kind of	is a synonym of	is a subtopic of	has definition
ancestor	a unique name since somebody in the future might want to import the packages containing both classes and hence create a name clash	class	ascendant class	Inheritance	A class A is an ancestor of class B if it is farther up in the class hierarchy than class B and class B is descended from it
superclass	1 or more subclasses called its descendant(s)	ancestor	parent class	Classes	A class's direct ancestor