What is the difference between polymorphism and duck typing?

Question

I\'m a little confused with the two terms, here\'s what I know:

Polymorphism is the ability of object of different types to be handled by a common interface. While d

Answer 1

This is an example for Polymorphism in Python.

class Animal:
    def __init__(self, name):    # Constructor of the class
        self.name = name
    def talk(self):              # Abstract method, defined by convention only
        raise NotImplementedError("Subclass must implement abstract method")

class Cat(Animal):
    def talk(self):
        return 'Meow!'

class Dog(Animal):
    def talk(self):
        return 'Woof! Woof!'

animals = [Cat('Missy'),
           Cat('Mr. Mistoffelees'),
           Dog('Lassie')]

for animal in animals:
    print animal
    print animal.name + ': ' + animal.talk()

This is an example for duck Typing in Python.

class Duck:
    def quack(self):
        print("Quaaaaaack!")
    def feathers(self):
        print("The duck has white and gray feathers.")
    def name(self):
        print("ITS A DUCK NO NAME")


class Person:
    def quack(self):
        print("The person imitates a duck.")
    def feathers(self):
        print("The person takes a feather from the ground and shows it.")
    def name(self):
        print("John Smith")

def in_the_forest(duck):
    duck.quack()
    duck.feathers()
    duck.name()

def game():
    for element in [ Duck() , Person()]:
        in_the_forest(element)

game()

• In polymorphism we see subclass (Cat and Dog) inheriting from the parent class (Animal) and overriding the method Talk.
• In case of duck typing we don’t create a subclass instead new class is created with method having same name but different function.