What is the difference between string primitives and String objects in JavaScript?

Question

Taken from MDN

String literals (denoted by double or single quotes) and strings returned from String calls in a non-constructor context (i.e., witho

Answer 1

String Literal:

String literals are immutable, which means, once they are created, their state can't be changed, which also makes them thread safe.

var a = 's';
var b = 's';

a==b result will be 'true' both string refer's same object.

String Object:

Here, two different objects are created, and they have different references:

var a = new String("s");
var b = new String("s");

a==b result will be false, because they have different references.