Why use the BETWEEN operator when we can do without it?

Question

As seen below the two queries, we find that they both work well. Then I am confused why should we ever use BETWEEN because I have found that BETWEEN behaves differently in d

Answer 1

BETWEEN in T-SQL supports NOT operator, so you can use constructions like

WHERE salary not between 5000 AND 15000; 

In my opinion it's more clear for a human then

WHERE salary < 5000 OR salary > 15000;

And finally if you type column name just one time it gives you less chances to make a mistake