On a technical level, both tags and categories are types of taxonomies. A taxonomy is just a fancy word for a way to group things together (like your WordPress posts).
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For example, say you wrote a post about Michael Jordan, the famous Chicago Bulls basketball player. Here’s an example of how you might set up the tags and categories.
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Beyond the fact that every WordPress post needs a category, while tags are optional, here’s the main difference between tags vs categories: