What is the difference between 'macro' and 'command'?
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP 17 4 Some people use the word 'macro' and 'command' interchangeably to refer to the instructions given to LaTeX. Is there a real difference between the two terms? If there is, can we see some examples on what the differences are? macros share | improve this question edited Jan 4 at 5:12 Werner 440k 66 967 1662 asked Jan 4 at 4:45 Al-Motasem Aldaoudeyeh Al-Motasem Aldaoudeyeh 1,505 3 12 2 We write macro or command or control sequence because we don't want to use the same name all the time. We're not lazy ;-) – Christian Hupfer Jan 4 at 8:15 1 I personally do use these three words slightly differently, and I'm now wondering if this is correct. For me a "macro" is a command defined in terms of other commands (it can be expanded, so I exclude primitives and lengths), a "command" is an instruction that does something (which ...