Why do people use enums in C++ as constants while they can use const?

Question

Why do people use enums in C++ as constants when they can use const?

Answer 1

Enums are more descriptive when used. Consider:

int f(int fg, int bg)

versus

 int f(COLOR fg, COLOR bg)

In addition, enums give a bit more type-safety, because

• integers are not implicitly convertible to enum types
• enum of one type is not implicitly convertible to enum of another type