When to use Helpers instead of Partials

Question

In a rails application, in which situation would you use a partial and when would you use a helper? I find both very similar, since they represent markup fragments.

Answer 1

I use partials as subtemplates (i.e., something with lots of markup that gets used again and again, like a blog post blurb), and helpers to handle display more logic-y things (a div that's only visible to admins, for instance).