Single Slash "/" - A single slash is used to create an Xpath with an absolute path, i.e., the XPath will begin with the document node/start node. For example,
Absolute XPath: /html/body/div/div/form/input
Here, /html is the root html node.
Double Slash "//" - The double slash is used to construct an Xpath with a relative path, which means the XPath can start selection from anywhere on the page. For example,
Relative XPath: //input[@id = 'email']
Here, we can locate an input having id = ‘email’ present anywhere in the document object model (DOM).