Difference between path.normalize and path.resolve in Node.js

Question

What is the difference (if any) between path.normalize(your_path) and path.resolve(your_path)?

I know path.resolve(...) can accept

Answer 1

From the docs:

Another way to think of resolve is as a sequence of cd commands in a shell.

Links to path.resolve and path.normalize in the documentation. I mostly don't want to just provide links in an answer but the Node.js docs are very decent.