Difference between DIV as-is and a SPAN with display:block

Question

Is

different from in any way?

They render just fine the same. Any semantic difference b

Answer 1

Here's an example where it makes a real difference (for valid code, at least):

    The title of the image is also a link
    

That allows you to make your span a block level element and allows the image and span to highlight together when moused over.

A div would not be valid nested inside an a tag.