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An alternate (NOT better) answer to #3: They are both generic HTML containers. A <div> defines a two-dimensional container that has both definable horizontal and vertical dimensions. A <span>is one-dimensional in that it only describes length in the direction the user reads text (either horizontally or vertically based on culture).
An alternate (NOT better) answer to #3: They are both generic HTML containers. A
<div>defines a two-dimensional container that has both definable horizontal and vertical dimensions. A<span>is one-dimensional in that it only describes length in the direction the user reads text (either horizontally or vertically based on culture).I did not know that. Thanks for the input, Tom!