--- title: "Difference between Ordered and Unordered list in HTML" description: "Difference between Ordered and Unordered list in HTML" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2021-07-20 updated: 2021-07-20 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156534/difference-between-ordered-and-unordered-list-in-html category: "html5" tags: ["html", "html5", "list"] reading_time: 4 minutes --- # Difference between Ordered and Unordered list in HTML What is the [difference](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157114/good-news-or-bad-news-and-the-difference-is) between Ordered and Unordered list in [HTML](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1530/design-a-simple-stylish-calculator-using-html-css-and-javascript)? ## Replies ### Reply by Anonymous User HTML lists are used to present list of the information in a proper list form. Basically, there are three different types of list in HTML and each one has a specific purpose and meaning. - Unordered list — Used to create a list of related items with no particular order. - Ordered list — Used to create a list of related items with a specific order. - Description list — Used to create a list of terms and their descriptions. The main difference between Ordered and Unordered list are to display an element with ordered list like, 1,2,3 or a,b,c whereas for display an element of ordered list indicates with Circle, square, disc etc. Here is an example of Ordered and Unordered list for better understanding : ```         List | Mindstick        
       

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