Are the following statements in javascript equivalent? [duplicate]

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In javascript, are the following two statements equivalent?

var c = new Object();

var c = {};

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Yes. From §11.1.5 Object Initialiser:

The production ObjectLiteral : { } is evaluated as follows:

Return a new object created as if by the expression new Object() where Object is the standard built-in constructor with that name.