| load() | get() |
| Only use the load() method if you are sure that the object exists. | If you are not sure that the object exists, then use one of the get() methods |
| load() method will throw an exception if the unique id is not found in the database. | get() method will return null if the unique id is not found in the database. |
| load() just returns a proxy by default and database won’t be hit until the proxy is first invoked. | get() will hit the database immediately. |