What is the difference between the Facade and Adapter Pattern?

Question

I\'ve been reading both definitions and they seem quite the same. Could anyone point out what are their differences?

Thanks

Answer 1

As usual, there exist similarities between several patterns. But I would see it like this:

• A facade is used to encapsulate an entire layer, and offer some methods to access it "conveniently"
• An adapter is used, where you have two components that should already work together, but don't, only because of some "unimportant" differences in the interface.