When some people (like me) say "Java", they mean the Java Platform, and they call what you call Java "the Java language". When you say JVM, I assume you mean th

When some people (like me) say "Java", they mean the Java Platform, and they call what you call Java "the Java language". When you say JVM, I assume you mean the Java Platform minus the language (the language is ~3-5% JDK, the JVM is about 25%). People who use "the JVM" but not "Java" use ~97% of Java, i.e. the Java platform.