HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) consists of various components, two of which are HTML tags and HTML elements. They are related but have distinct roles:
HTML Tags:
- Tags are the building blocks of HTML.
- They are used to define the structure and content of web documents.
- Tags are enclosed in angle brackets
< >. - They often come in pairs: an opening tag and a closing tag, with content nested in between.
- Opening tags begin with
< followed by the tag name, and end with >. - Closing tags are similar but have a forward slash
/ before the tag name, like </tag>. - Examples of tags include
<p>, <div>, <h1>, <a>, etc.
HTML Elements:
- Elements consist of an opening tag, content, and a closing tag (where applicable).
- They are composed of one or more HTML tags.
- Elements can include text, images, other elements, or nothing (empty elements).
- The entire construct, including the opening tag, content, and closing tag (if present), forms an element.
- Elements are the fundamental units of HTML documents.
- Examples of elements include
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>, <div>This is a division.</div>, <a href="#">This is a link</a>, etc.