To clarify, an Object is an instance of a Class in object-oriented or object-based programming.
My assumption (and I think Kamdar's) is that you are comapring an Entity and a Business Object.
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by: jinesh_kamdarPosted on 2008-02-28 at 10:08:42ID: 21006421
"An entity is a thing of significance, either real or conceptual, about which the business or system being modeled needs to hold information. Sample entities: EMPLOYEE, DEPARTMENT, CAR, etc. Each entity in a ERD generally correspond to a physical table on database level."
"A digitized version of an entity that has a well-defined role in the application domain and has state, behavior (associated processes) and identity"