HTML Elements and Tags

HTML elements and tags are closely related, but their roles are different.

HTML tags

Tags are markup characters used to define the beginning and end of an HTML element. They are enclosed in angle brackets <>. Tags come in pairs – an opening tag and a closing tag. 

For example, <p> is an opening tag, and </p> is a closing tag.

HTML elements

 Elements are composed of both opening tags, content, and closing tags. They represent the structure and semantics of the content on a web page. Elements include opening tags, content (text, images, other elements), and closing tags. For example, <p>Hello</p> is a paragraph element where <p> is the opening tag, "Hello" is the content, and </p> is the closing tag.

In short, tags are markers used to define the beginning and end of elements, while elements include both tags and the content they enclose.