What's the difference between throw, throwable & throws?

throw and throws are java keywords and Throwable is a super class for errors and exceptions.
Only the objects of the Throwable can be thrown by the “throws” or “throw” statement.

throws :
used on the method to specify than an exception(s) can be thrown. The throws clause tells the complier that this particular exception would be handled by the calling method.

throw :
it is a statement to throw the exception when certain condition is failed or other logic had returned exception. This can be used in any part of code where you feel a specific exception needs to be thrown to the calling method

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