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Is density estimation the same as parameter estimation?

I was studying parameter estimation from Sheldon Ross' probability and statistics book. Here the task of parameter estimation is described as follows: Is this task the same of density estimation in ...
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What exactly is the difference between a parametric and non-parametric model?

I am confused with the definition of non-parametric model after reading this link Parametric vs Nonparametric Models and Answer comments of my another question. Originally I thought "parametric vs ...
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