Extending means adding new method definitions. Implementing means satisfying the existing interface contract by writing the proscribed method bodies. Logically, when you extend an abstract class and fill in the method bodies, that should be called implementing, but in the Java world that is called extending.
When you provide an abstract class to satisfy an interface, logically you have not really implemented anything, but in the Java world, that still counts as implementing.
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