What is the primary difference between head and tail commands in Linux

What is the primary difference between head and tail commands in Linux ?

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Head

Tail

Head command is used to DISPLAY first few LINES (default is 10) of the FILE.

Tail is used to display last few lines(default is 10) of the file .

#Display first 10 lines of the file - application.log

head application.log

#Display first 50 lines of the file - application.log

head -50 application.log

#Display last 10 lines of the file - application.log

tail application.log

#Display last 50 lines of the file - application.log

tail -50 application.log