Specific difference between bufferedreader and filereader

Question

I would like to know the specific difference between BufferedReader and FileReader.

I do know that BufferedReader is much mor

Answer 1

FileReader - read character files

BufferedReader - "Read text from a character-input stream, buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient reading of characters, arrays, and lines."

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/BufferedReader.html

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/FileReader.html

Actually BufferedReader makes use of Readers like FileReader.