Difference between type and class in c++?

Question

I notice that our home doesn't have this easy question, so I'll post it.

One says type is built-in type, such as int, long, char, etc, while class is a user-defined class.
Is it right?

Answer 1

Is it right?

No. From the C++ standard's working draft, we know that (emphasis mine):

A class is a type.

In particular, it is a compound type .
On the other side, char , int and so on are considered fundamental types .

See here for further details about types.

Answer 2

Type is something which defines the memory footprint of variable. For eg :- when I declare a variable as int , compiler allocates fixed amount of memory which may OR may not be different from other types float , double etc.

Similarly, a class is blue print of objects. It defines the layout of the object in memory. And hence class is also a type.

Answer 3

Type is more like name of your caste, For example: The object is of type int or employee(where employee is a class)

Class is telling you the structure of user defined type. call it blue print and what ever is convenient to you.

You can also say the class name is type.