Difference Between ActionResult() and ViewResult() in MVC

Difference Between ActionResult() and ViewResult()  in MVC are-

Sr.No	ActionResult()	ViewResult()
1	Actionresult() is general result type that can have several subtypes.	Viewresult() renders a specified view to the response stream.
2	ActionResult() is an abstract class.	ViewResult() is a concrete   class.
3	ActionResult() is a base class for ViewResult()	ViewResult() is a derived class for ActionResult()
4	In MVC framework it uses ActionResult() class to the reference the object our action method returns and invoke Execute result method on it	ViewResult() is an implementation for this abstract class (ActionResult class).It will try to find a view page (usually .aspx page) in some predefined  paths by the given name.
5	In ActionResult() class are many subtypes- ·        ViewResult() ·        EmptyResult() ·        RedirectResult() ·        RedirectToRouteResult() ·        JSONResult() ·        JavaScriptResult() ·        ContentResult() ·        FileContentResult() ·         FileStraemResult()	As it is concrete class, so subtypes are not available for the ViewResult() class.