Is a section the same as a div?

In their default properties, yes, but a section has semantic meaning, a div does not. Semantic tags like section were introduced in HTML5 and help search engines better understand your structure. It's however important not to abuse semantic tags, they have guidelines and purpose. There are plenty of blog posts to read on this topic.

Good question!

A section tag defines sections in a document such as capters. The <div> tag defines a division or a section in an HTML document. so basically they are the SAME but the div tag is commonly used to group block level elements to make applying styles to them more easier. If this answer helped, rate my answer

Okay great thanks for that explanation. So it's safe to say we will be using both html/html5 in this course?

To make it easier for me I think of the use of 'div' tags as a stylistic container for a group of elements that doesn't pertain to the immediate thematic content.