Clarification about the use of Locale.ROOT

Clarification about the use of Locale.ROOT

Is it the same thing saying that Locale.ROOT is equal to Locale.getDefault()?
This is the official API saying:
ROOT
public static final Locale ROOT
Useful constant for the root locale. The root locale is the locale whose
language, country, and variant are empty ("") strings. This is
regarded as the base locale of all locales, and is used as the
language/country neutral locale for the locale sensitive operations.
Since:
1.6
Thanks in advance.