What is the diffrence between page refresh and page reload?

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what is the diffrence between page refresh and page reload?

Priya Linge · Answer

Hi It depends on the caching policy for the page and the method used for fetching the page in the first place. If you fetched the page via a POST a refresh will re-send the POST data while putting the URL in a new window will issue a GET to the server. If the original request is a GET the behaviour depends on how the current page is cached. Hitting refresh will cause the browser to check back with the server for the page (but not necessarily any scripts or images). If the page is set to be cacheable then pasting the URL in a new window might well just pull the page out of cache without hitting the server. Hope this will help you. Thanks.