A pointer is the address of the variable whereas Delegate is allows passing method of class to object of other class

Rules in Delegation:-

1. In order to create a Delegate a Signature (parameter) must match Signature of object.

2. Define all the methods which has the same Signature as Delegate define.

3. Create the delegate object & pass the method as a parameter to Delegate.

4. Now call the encapsulated method using delegated object.

The best example of Delegation model is ADO.NET Architecture & Event Handling in windows environment.