| Base of Difference | throws keyword | throw keyword |
| Basic definition | We mainly used throws keyword in method signature to declare an exception which may be thrown by function when we execute the code. | On the other hand throw keyword is mainly used to throw and exception explicitly in program inside a function or inside a block of code. |
| Propagated with | Here checked exception can be propagated with throws. | Here checked exception can be propagated with throws. |
| Followed by | Here throws keyword is mainly followed by class. | Here throw keyword is mainly followed by an instance. |
| Used in | Throws keyword is mainly used with the method signature. | throw keyword is mainly used within the method. |
| Multiple exceptions | Here we can declare multiple exceptions for example public void method()throws IOException, SQLException.
| Here we cannot throw multiple exceptions
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