In Scala Akka futures, what is the difference between map and flatMap?

Question

in normal Scala map and flatMap are different in that flatMap will return a iterable of the data flattened out into a list. However in the Akka documentation, map and flatMap se

Answer 1

Can someone please explain what is the difference between map and flatMap here in Akka futures?

The type, basically:

flatMap[A](f: T => Future[A]): Future[A] 

map[A](f: T => A): Future[A]