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What’s the difference between DIV and BR in HTML?

Trying to understand the fundamental difference between <div></div> and <br>. I understand that they both can break up content, but how do I know which one to use and when? Also, is div’s main purpose to make reading code easier? Like it groups things together?

I tried typing out two separate paragraphs, one using div and one using br, to see how it would look on a webpage. Outcome was the same.

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    "Using DIV will allow you to specify what the section break is using CSS. You can also easily control any formatting within that section using styling. A BR is just a line break in the text it doesn't have any inherent meaning. The BR cannot be styled."

    Source:https://youtu.be/jTS9JDe20mg


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    The div and br tags have different purposes and are used in different contexts.

    The div tag is used to group together related HTML elements and create a block-level container. The main purpose of the div tag is to help structure and organize your content.

    On the other hand, the br tag is used to insert a line break or a newline within a paragraph of text. It does not group elements together or create a container.

    In terms of when to use each tag, it really depends on what you’re trying to achieve. If you want to group together related elements and create a container for them, then you would use div. If you want to add spacing between lines of text, then you would use br.

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    The div tag is a block element and br tag is an inline element.

    Div tag will create a group of elements.
    BR tag will create a line break.

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