Comparable vs Comparator

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The Question

What is the difference between the Comparable and Comparator interfaces?

What a Strong Answer Covers

• Comparable = natural ordering in the class via compareTo
• Comparator = external custom ordering via compare
• Comparator allows multiple sort sequences
• lambda for Comparator
• java.lang vs java.util

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