Wait() : This function takes parameters as milliseconds and puts the thread in wait state for the desired time of the programmer after time passes the execution starts again.
Sleep() : This function is also used for same purpose using his function by java you can put a thread in sleep state .sleep does not contains any parameters so the thread will not be automatically start execution It needs a wake up signal again which can be Notify() or Notifyall().
So the main difference in Wait() and sleep() is wait takes time parameter and wait for specific time only and sleep throws a thread in sleep mode for unspecified time.
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A thread will certainly be in non-active mode for a certain period of seconds as mentioned in parameters. A wait(1000) method is similar to sleep() only difference being it can be interrupted meantime by notify or notifyAll() methods. So sleep(1000)-->cannot be interrupted wait(1000) --> can be interrupted meantime Regards.
wait, unlike sleep, triest to acquire a lock on the object. wait() will wait indefinitely until the lock can be acquired (or until the call is interrupted), wait(long) and wait(long, long) will do the same but after the specified time has been reached it will no longer block. All three must be called in a block or method that synchronizes on the object on which wait is called.
sleep just puts the thread to sleep without any locking.