FAQ: Object-Oriented Programming - OOP Pillar: Polymorphism

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I can’t see what the ‘morphism’ part of polymorphism is referring to - the lesson states that the same method name used on different objects produces different outputs, but is there any connection between these separate objects beneath the surface? I would assume any number of distinct classes could be defined using the same names for attributes or methods and they would have no connection to one another.