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I am confused in the difference between one to one function and one to one correspondence. Please help me out to distinguish between the two. Thanks

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    In the case of your previous question it's the same. In general, a function is always defined on a set. A one to one correspondence can also be given for objects in [classes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_%28mathematics%29).2011-09-11
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    See [this math.SE question](http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/63154/how-did-one-to-one-come-to-mean-injective).2011-09-11

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I would say (hand waveingly) a one to one function is a mapping from A to B that puts A & B into one-to-one correspondence with each other, for one to one and function as defined in your previous questions.

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a one to one function can be injective or bijective but a one to one correspondence can only be bijective