Is casting the same thing as converting?

Question

In Jesse Liberty\'s Learning C# book, he says \"Objects of one type can be converted into objects of another type. This is called casting.\"

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Answer 1

Semantics aside, a quick test shows they are NOT equivalent !
They do the task differently (or perhaps, they do different tasks).

x=-2.5 (int)x=-2 Convert.ToInt32(x)=-2
x=-1.5 (int)x=-1 Convert.ToInt32(x)=-2
x=-0.5 (int)x= 0 Convert.ToInt32(x)= 0
x= 0.5 (int)x= 0 Convert.ToInt32(x)= 0
x= 1.5 (int)x= 1 Convert.ToInt32(x)= 2
x= 2.5 (int)x= 2 Convert.ToInt32(x)= 2

Notice the x=-1.5 and x=1.5 cases.