In Python, a class method is a method that is bound to the class and not the instance of the class. An instance method, on the other hand, is bound to the instance of the class.

        Here's an example:

class MyClass:
    class_var = "hello" # a class variable
    
    @classmethod
    def class_method(cls, x):
        print(f"This is a class method called with {cls} and {x}")
        
    def instance_method(self, x):
        print(f"This is an instance method called with {self} and {x}")

        In this example, class_method is a class method and instance_method is an instance method.

        To call the class method, you use the class name, like this:

MyClass.class_method(5) # This is a class method called with  and 5

        To call an instance method, you first need to create an instance of the class, like this:

obj = MyClass()
obj.instance_method(5) # This is an instance method called with <__main__ .myclass="" 0x7f930d4b4f10="" at="" object=""> and 5

        As you can see, the class method is called with the class itself as the first argument (cls), while the instance method is called with the instance as the first argument (self).