what is the difference between return and print ????

Question

def max(x, y):
if x >=y:
return x
else:
return y

if i remove return and put print it will give the same answer, so what is the difference ???

Answer 1

print is Just an display of your values in normal usage. return values for usage in other place in script, return doesnt display value (except in python shell .

Answer 2

@Alexis Beaufils, what is the python shell???

Answer 3

this is the interactive python interpreter, ipython for exemple or just when you run "python" on your prompt

Answer 4

@Alexis Beaufils, you mean the IDLE of python ???