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wonder man88
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<p> tag & <d> tag?

Hi, i would like to know the difference between <p> paragraph tag, and <d> division tag?

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Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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There isn't any standard <d> tag, you're probably thinking of the <div> tag.

Here are some excerpts from the MDN pages on both:

For the paragraph::

The HTML <p> element represents a paragraph. Paragraphs are usually represented in visual media as blocks of text separated from adjacent blocks by blank lines and/or first-line indentation.

Paragraphs are block-level elements, and notably will automatically close if another block-level element is parsed before the closing </p> tag.

And for the division:

The HTML Content Division element (<div>) is the generic container for flow content. it's used to group content so it can be easily styled using CSS. Both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.

The <div> element does not inherently represent anything, and should be used only when no other semantic element (such as <article> or <nav>) is appropriate.