Difference between FIFO and circular buffer

[arjun9989]

what is the difference between FIFO and Circular Buffer?

 

[kanni1303]

circular buffer is an implementation of FIFO data structure...
(common implementation - Circular buffer.) source Wikipedia

 

[mail4idle2]

Circular buffer is used to transfer data between clocks with same frequency and different phase. FIFO is used between asynchronous clocks.

 

[HPC]

Circular Buffer is a kind of method to implement a synchronous fifo.
Other type is asynchronous fifo in which read and write clock have no definite phase and frequency relationship between them.