jQuery event handling - bind to document or 'body' element?

Question

I have noticed the use of $(document) and $(\'body\') when we want to reference the entire page, especially when binding events.

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Answer 1

'document' keyword is just a handle on the object that contains the whole HTML Document. On the other hand In jQuery, $('body') contains the body portion the HTML document. But in reality, you won't notice a difference of behavior between them.

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