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Skip to ContentSubmitted by ljproudabout 12 yearsIs there any difference between <b> and <strong>

I had just used <b></b> for bold, and did not know that <strong></strong> existed before now. Is there a difference or any reason to use one over the other? <b> is less typing

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Hello ljproud,

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From MDN,

Why use <em></em> vs <i></i>? They produce exactly the same result, right?

Not exactly. The visual result is, by default, the same - both tags render its content in italics. But the semantic meaning is different. The tag represents stress emphasis of its contents, while the <i> tag represents text that is set off from the normal prose, such as the name of a movie or book, a foreign word, or when the text refers to the definition of a word instead of representing its semantic meaning.

An example for <em> could be: “Just do it already!”, or: “We had to do something about it”. A person or software reading the text would pronounce the words in italics with an emphasis.

An example for could be: “The Queen Mary sailed last night”. Here, there is no added emphasis or importance on the word “Queen Mary”. It is merely indicated that the object in question is not a queen named Mary, but a ship named Queen Mary . Another example for could be: “The word the is an article”.

I hope that helps :)

Submitted by GaurangTandonabout 12 years

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Submitted by ljproudabout 12 years

I appreciate the thoughtful response but it doesn’t answer my question. When would one use b over strong? As an aside: I get the difference between a title and emphasis. Still if they’re both italics, I know that’s never mattered when using any word processor because the usage is implied.

Submitted by ljproudabout 12 years

got it. “For the blind, web browsers, and mobile phones.” http://stackoverflow.com/questions/271743/whats-the-difference-between-b-and-strong-i-and-em Thank you stackoverflow

Submitted by GaurangTandonabout 12 years

Oh , I am really sorry ! in a bit hurry , I didn’t realize I gave an explanation of em and i . Nevertheless , here is an MDN explanation you can check out (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/strong) for strong and b tag difference :)

Submitted by ljproudabout 12 years

thanks

Submitted by GaurangTandonabout 12 years

:)

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