What is the difference between the bridge pattern and the strategy pattern?

Question

I tried to read many articles on dofactory, wikipedia and many sites. I have no idea on differences between bridge pattern and the strategy pattern.

I know both of t

Answer 1

Just to add to what has already been said about the pattern comparison (difference of intent, ...): the Bridge pattern is also intentionally structured to allow the abstraction hierarchy side to vary. In languages like C# this could imply you have an abstraction base that contains virtual methods as a way to allow intended variations that don't cause problems for existing consumers. Other than that the two patterns might appear identical for the most part.