In HTML, quotation and citation elements are used to represent quotes and references within a document. These elements help provide semantic meaning to text, indicating that certain content is a quote or a citation, and they are often styled differently by default in browsers.
<q>The <q> element is used for short, inline quotations. It is typically used for quoting a few words or a single sentence within a paragraph
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<blockquote>The <blockquote> element is used for longer, block-level quotations. It is typically used when quoting a paragraph or multiple sentences
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<cite>The <cite> element is used to reference the title of a creative work, such as a book, article, poem, movie, or artwork
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<abbr>The <abbr> element represents an abbreviation or acronym. It helps browsers and assistive technologies understand abbreviated text. A title attribute is often used to specify the full term when the user hovers over the abbreviation.
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<address>The <address> element is used to provide contact information for a person, organization, or website. It usually contains physical addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, or links to social media profiles.
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<bdo>The <bdo> element is used to override the text direction for its content. It is particularly useful in cases where the default text direction (left-to-right or right-to-left) needs to be reversed.
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