What is the difference between “instantiated” and “initialized”?

Question

I\'ve been hearing these two words used in Microsoft tutorials for VB.NET. What is the difference between these two words when used in reference to variables?

Answer 1

See the Java docs: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/objectcreation.html

"Point originOne = new Point(23, 94);

Declaration: The code set in bold are all variable declarations that associate a variable name with an object type.
Instantiation: The new keyword is a Java operator that creates the object.
Initialization: The new operator is followed by a call to a constructor, which initializes the new object."