What is the difference between document.append() and document.appendchild()?

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What is the difference between document.append() and document.appendchild()?

I was watching a javascript tutorial.In that he told about document.append() and when i checked w3schools.It showed same function as document.appendchild()..What is the difference?

What I have tried:

Both gave same result.

const newDiv = document.createElement("div");
 html.append(newDiv);

 const newDiv2 = document.createElement("div");

html.appendChild(newDiv2)

Posted 12-Dec-21 9:42am

Apoorv 2021

Updated 12-Dec-21 10:06am

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Chris Copeland · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-12T10:06:00

append() accepts either a node or a string value. This you might want to use if you want to append some text as a child.

appendChild() accepts only a node, so you would need to create a DOM element before using it.

JavaScript

const container = document.getElementById('container');
const child1 = document.createElement('b');
child1.append('Bold');

const child2 = document.createElement('u');
child2.append('Underline');

container.append('Normal!');       // ok
container.append(child1);          // ok
container.appendChild(child2);     // ok
container.appendChild('And more'); // error