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As an example, you can have two distinct classes not related in any way with each other and having a method with the same name. Operator overloading is an example of this type of polymorphism.

The example in Figure 1 illustrates single inheritance in which a child category inherits state and behaviors from one immediate parent category. ... Method overriding vs. method overloading.