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title: "Comment by Alimam Miya on \"10+ HTML5 Semantic tags with examples.\" | Hashnode"
description: "What is the difference between <b> and <strong> tag?"
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Comment [10+ HTML5 Semantic tags with examples.](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-html5-semantic-tags-with-examples/60092c6777d8da2629c94e15)

[Alimam Miya](https://hashnode.com/@alimammiya)

[Jan 24, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-html5-semantic-tags-with-examples/60092c6777d8da2629c94e15/comment/600d01b63b349540feb9e49a)

What is the difference between <b> and <strong> tag?

[Vanessa Okeke](https://hashnode.com/@Devness)

[Jan 24, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/10-html5-semantic-tags-with-examples/60092c6777d8da2629c94e15/comment/600d01b63b349540feb9e49a#reply-600d1dd73b349540feb9e5f7)

Functionally, they both do the same thing, make some portion of text 'bold', but the <strong> tag is more semantic, if a screen reader was reading through text in a <strong> tag, it would know to recognize that portion of text as bold/emphasised. The <b> tag is just not that semantic.