What's the difference between <em> and <i> tags?

Answer 1

<em> emphasises the text.
<i> italiceses the text

Answer 2

<em> means emphasises the text and
<I> means italic the text.. the result of these tag same..

Answer 3

No different in the browser

Answer 4

<em> - the importance of the text
<i> - just italic

Answer 5

There is the difference in the results.
when we use <em> and then the close tag </em> we get everything in italics between these tags and after these tags.
when we use <i> and then the close tag </i> we get everything in italics only between these tags.
i observed it when i used notepad in my laptop.
u should also try once.

Answer 6

If you need to emphasize parts of your text, use the <em/> tag. From a SEO (Search Engine Optimization) point of view, this is the way to go, since Google and Co. will grant more points on good semantics.

Answer 7

no diff