Difference among swap partition and swap file

Question

Describe difference among swap partition & swap file?

Answer 1

Swap partition maintained partition separately. Same swap partition can be utilized in two OS within single machine. If system crashes there is a chance to recover it or may not be corrupt the partition. Swap partition is less fragmented. Whereas swap file takes extremely less space. We can raise the space very easily in compared to swap partition. Swap file system is fragmented. If system crashes there is a enormous chance to miss the swap file system.