innerText vs outerText

Question

After searching through web i understood the difference between innerHTML and outerHTML.

However i am having hard time understanding the difference between innerText and outerText. Both appear almost same to me.

Can anyone help me understand this with a nice illustration ?

Thank You !

Answer 1

innerText changes only text within HTML tags, e.g.

<div>
  <p>Change Me</p>
</div>

p.innerText = "Changed!"

Becomes

<div>
  <p>Changed!</p>
</div>

Whereas outerText:

<div>
  <p>Change Me</p>
</div>

p.outerText = "Changed!"

Becomes

<div>
   Changed!
</div>

Answer 2

Basically,
innerText: what's between the tags of the element.
outerText: content of the element, including the tags.