Difference between Encapsulation and Abstraction

Abstraction is virtual class design whereas Encapsulation is data hiding.

Encapsulation-Encapsulation is a process of binding or wrapping the data and the codes that operates on the data into a single entity. This keeps the data safe from outside interface and misuse. One way to think about encapsulation is as a protective wrapper that prevents code and data from being arbitrarily accessed by other code defined outside the wrapper.In other words, encapsulation is the ability of an object to be a container (or capsule) for related properties (ie. data variables) and methods (ie. functions).

Abstraction-The process of abstraction in Java is used to hide certain details and only show the essential features of the object. In other words, it deals with the outside view of an object (interface).