# Mouseover vs Rollover

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseover-vs-rollover/270623
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 11, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseover-vs-rollover/270623 "2008-09-11T17:33:15Z")
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### Author: ![RebuiltJorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@RebuiltJorge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RebuiltJorge)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mouseover-vs-rollover/270623/1 "2008-09-11T17:33:15Z")

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i recently noticed that AS3 has two seperate MouseEvent types, MOUSE\_OVER and ROLL\_OVER, what exactly is the difference?