What's the difference between an highlighted UITableViewCell and an selected UITableViewCell?

Question

What's the difference between an highlighted UITableViewCell and an selected UITableViewCell?

For me, both things are the same thing. Where are the differences?

Answer 1

selected UITableViewCell will be highlighted UITableViewCell only untill another UITableViewCell is selected... where highlighted UITableViewCell is highlighted throughout the application... That's the only difference i guess...

Answer 2

Highlight is when you touch the row.

Selected is when the row actually gets selected and didSelectRowAtIndexPath: is called. In a standard UITableView, there is usually a small delay between the highlight and the select.