Difference between div and span?

[beingchinmay]

The ‘div’ and the ‘span’ tags are quie t frequently used tags in HTML. The proper understanding f these tags are very much important for a web HTML developer.This article is shows what are the characteristics of both these tags. Understanding the difference between both tags will help to use them in appropriate place.




DIV Tag

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1.As the name indicates, the div tag defines a ‘division’ in a web page.
2.div is a block-element; its default display value is “block”.
3.div tag is commonly used while creating Css based layouts in html.
4.by default, a line-
break is placed before and after this element

[taniag]

<div> is used with parts of the website, i.e. header, content, image, sidebar, gadget.
<span> is useful for working with fonts.

[Tanzi Wallis]

This is what I know about these two: In defining a division or section in an HTML, you may use DIV and while you use SPAN to group inline-elements in a document.

[RH-Calvin]

Both <div> and <span> is used to define parts of a web page. The <span> element shows the inline portion of a document. The <div> elements show a block-level portion of a document.