Printing and returning are completely different concepts.
print is a function you call. Calling print will immediately make your
program write out text for you to see. Use print when you want to show a
value to a human.
return is a keyword. When a return statement is reached, Python will stop
the execution of the current function, sending a value out to where the
function was called. Use return when you want to send a value from one point
in your code to another.
Using return changes the flow of the program. Using print does not.
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