As others have pointed out, elements and tags are different things and always were. An element is the thing comprised of tags and the content between them. eg <

As others have pointed out, elements and tags are different things and always were. An element is the thing comprised of tags and the content between them. eg <tag>content</tag> is an element. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Tag https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Tag