| Absolute Path | Relative Path |
| It is known as the absolute path | It is known as the non-absolute path |
| It refers to a specific location in a file system without denoting the current directory. | It refers to a location denoting the current directory |
| It contains the complete address of a file location. | It contains the partial address of a file location. |
| This path doesn’t change if we change the current directory | This path changes if we change the current directory |