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what is the difference between <section> and <div>?

I understand that both <section> tags and <div> tags are used to contain blocks of content that are related to each other but how do we determine which tag is more appropriate to use?

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Luc de Brouwer
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6939864/what-is-the-difference-between-section-and-div

<section> means that the content inside is grouped (i.e. relates to a single theme), and should appear as an entry in an outline of the page.

<div>, on the other hand, does not convey any meaning, aside from any found in its class, lang and title attributes.