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Difference between setImmediate() vs setTimeout()

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setImmediate() and setTimeout() are similar, but behave in different ways depending on when they are called.

setImmediate() is designed to execute a script once the current poll (event loop) phase completes.

setTimeout() schedules a script to be run after a minimum threshold in ms has elapsed.

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