Differences between and

Question

There are several articles about this topic but I\'m not able to understand the relevant difference between and

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Answer 1

is a block level element like div. Which means that it will start at a new line if you put it in a document flow. For example, if my markups are:

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Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
 in the 20th century

They will be shown on browsers like this

is an inline element like span. So if my markups are

 Henry Ford said Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. in the 20th century

The result will be