IN vs ANY operator in PostgreSQL

Question

What is the difference between IN and ANY operator in PostgreSQL?
The working mechanism of both seems to be the same. Can anyone explain this w

Answer 1

There are two obvious points, as well as the points in the other answer:

• They are exactly equivalent when using sub queries:

  SELECT * FROM table
  WHERE column IN(subquery);
  
  SELECT * FROM table
  WHERE column = ANY(subquery);
  

On the other hand:

• Only the IN operator allows a simple list:

  SELECT * FROM table
  WHERE column IN(… , … , …);
  

Presuming they are exactly the same has caught me out several times when forgetting that ANY doesn’t work with lists.