Absolute dating is the numeric age of a layer of rocks or fossils. Relative dating is the technique used to know which object or item is older in comparison to the other one.

What is the differences between relative dating and radiometric dating?

The main difference between relative dating and radiometric dating is that relative dating is the method used to determine the age of rock layers according to their relative depth whereas radiometric dating is the method used to determine the absolute age with the use of decaying products of the natural radioactive