Enumeration Vs Iterator in Collections

What is the difference between Enumeration And Iterator?

Enumeration	Iterator
1. It is legacy interface and introduced in 1.0 version	1 It is non-legacy and introduced in 1.2 version
2.Applicable only for legacy classes and it is not universal cursor	2. Applicable for any Collection implemented class object.
3.While iterating the elements we are not allowed to remove the objects just we can perform only read operation	3. While iterating we can perform removal also in addition to read operation.
4.By using elements() method we can get Enumeration object	4.   By using iterator() method we can get Iterator        object

Iterator	Enumerator
Iterator supports remove() method	Enumerator doesn’t supports remove() method.
It is nor synchronized	It is synchronized
It supports ArrayList, vector, hashmap, hashtable	It doesn’t supports Arraylist, and hashmap.
It doesn’t supports legacy methods	It supports legacy methods like hasMoreElements(),nextElements();