difference between float and double...

Answer 1

Precision is the main difference where float is a single precision (32 bit) floating point datatype, double is a double precision (64 bit) floating point data type and decimal is a 128-bit floating point data type.

Answer 2

float takes less space and double takes more space

Answer 3

float accepts decimals upto 10 lac while double accepts above 10 lac.

Answer 4

float only accepts few digits after a decimal point....But double displays more number after the decimal point :)

Answer 5

float is 4 bytes and double is 8 bytes in Java ..! So, float is used to store smaller number with precision compared to double