When do I use .val() vs [removed]?

Question

In JQuery when trying to access elements, I see that if I have a form (lets say a textarea), and I want to get the text inside of it, I must use

Answer 1

.val() is used to get value from input elements in jQuery. Alternative in JavaScript is .value.

.innerHTML is used to put some value between some tags. So innerHTML is a DOM property to insert content to a specified id of an element, and with .val() you just get value from some input tags.