What is the difference between a highlighted UITableViewCell and a selected UITableViewCell?

Question

A UITableViewCell reflects two distinct states: Highlighted and Selected.

For me, they sound identical so what exactly are the differences?

Answer 1

Highlight happens on touch down.

Selected happens on touch up, followed by the call to didSelectRowAtIndexPath:. In a standard UITableView, there is usually a small delay between the highlight and the select.