What is the difference between PHP echo and PHP return in plain English?

What is the difference between PHP echo and PHP return in plain English?

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Return errors from PHP run via. AJAX?

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Get 2 levels up from dirname( FILE)

php return parent filepath

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What does "return $this" mean?

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Constructor returning value?

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Return by reference in PHP

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PHP - Break after return?

php for-loop return break

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PHP return type

php return return-type

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How to execute and get content of a .php file in a variable?

php file return file-get-contents

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PHP return(value); vs return value;

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In PHP, why does "or die()" work, but "or return" doesn't?

php error-handling return internals parse-error

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Value always return 0 where it should return number of row inserted

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Difference between php echo and return in terms of a jQuery ajax call [closed]

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Why return $this in setter methods?

php zend-framework return getter-setter

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PHP function returning two arrays

php arrays function return concatenation

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