What is the meaning of <> in mysql query?

Question

I have a MySQL query that includes <> in it. I don\'t know the exact usage of it.

SELECT * FROM table_laef WHERE id = ? AND genre_type <> \'LIVE\'
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Answer 1

<> means NOT EQUAL TO, != also means NOT EQUAL TO. It's just another syntactic sugar. both <> and != are same.

The below two examples are doing the same thing. Query publisher table to bring results which are NOT EQUAL TO <> != USA.

SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd FROM publisher WHERE country <> "USA";

SELECT pub_name,country,pub_city,estd FROM publisher WHERE country != "USA";