# What's the difference between fields and properties?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-fields-and-properties/12495>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [July 19, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-fields-and-properties/12495 "2018-07-19T14:40:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-fields-and-properties/12495/5 "2019-05-28T08:57:54Z")

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So you cannot overload `getfield`?

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