What is the difference between bold and strong?

Answer 1

bold is just a visual tag where as strong is also an indicator of importance to web crawlers/ search engines.

Answer 2

bold describes what it should look like. strong describes the importance. strong is the preferred option because it simply says 'this piece of text is important' whereas bold just says 'make this piece of text look bold'

Answer 3

both have the same function.theres no difference .
they are just like <em> and <i>,both italicize but different names

Answer 4

both have the same function....

Answer 5

They are the same thing. <b> (bold) and <strong> (also bold) mean exactly the same thing.