What is the difference between HTML tags <div> and <span>?

Question

I would like to ask for some simple examples showing the uses of `

` and ``. I've seen them both used to mark a section of a page with an `id` or `class`, but I'm interested in knowing if there are times when one is preferred over the other.

Answer 1

The main difference is that a SPAN normally is reserved for a small chunk of text, such as highlighting or emphasizing. A DIV, can do that, but is used more as a container of other HTML elements.

They are often used interchangeably. Mainly it comes down to how "correct" you want your HTML code to be.

For example, you may want to float a block of HTML always on top or on the left. While you can do this with a SPAN, convention is to use a DIV