What is the difference between IN and BETWEEN operators?

BETWEEN Operator

IN Operator

This operator is used to selects the range of data between two values. The values can be numbers, text, and dates as well.

It is a logical operator to determine whether or not a specific value exists within a set of values. This operator reduces the use of multiple OR conditions with the query.

It returns records whose column value lies in between the defined range.

It compares the specified column's value and returns the records when the match exists in the set of values.

The following syntax illustrates this operator:

SELECT * FROM table_name

WHERE column_name BETWEEN 'value1' AND 'value2';

The following syntax illustrates this operator:

SELECT * FROM table_name

WHERE column_name IN ('value1','value 2');