What is the difference between process.nextTick() and setImmediate()?

Question

Accepted Answer

The difference between

`process.nextTick()`

and

`setImmediate()`

is that

`process.nextTick()`

defers the execution of an action till the next pass around the event loop or it simply calls the callback function once the ongoing execution of the event loop is finished whereas

`setImmediate()`

executes a callback on the next cycle of the event loop and it gives back to the event loop for executing any I/O operations.

## Итог

Key takeaway for interview: What is the difference between process.nextTick() and setImmediate() ?