Below is the main difference between these two design patterns.
Decorator Design pattern
Used to deal with new behavior or responsibilities without affecting existing
code.
Provides a wrapper over objects to apply same method which yields different
results based on whether the object invoked is granular or composite.
Change of interface does not happen.
Adapter Design pattern
Mainly involved in converting interfaces as per the requirement of client
Allows use of new libraries without changing existing methods
Change of interface happens in this case
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