What are the differences between event and signal in Qt

Question

It is hard for me to understand the difference between signals and events in Qt, could someone explain?

Answer 1

Events are something that happened to or within an object. In general, you would treat them within the object's own class code.

Signals are emitted by an object. The object is basically notifying other objects that something happened. Other objects might do something as a result or not, but this is not the emitter's job to deal with it.