Difference between margin and padding?

Question

What exactly is the difference between margin and padding in CSS? It really doesn\'t seem to serve much purpose. Could you give me an examp

Answer 1

There is one important difference:

Margin- is on the outside of the element i.e. one will apply the whitespace shift "after" the element begins. Padding- is on the inside, the other will apply the whitespace "before" the element begins.