What's the use case for highlights given snippet can be used to highlight properly?

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#1

Hi there,
I’m wondering what’s the purpose of _highlightResults given snippet can be used to show highlight text for search result summary. I’m trying to decide which one to use and so far only find a few differences:

  1. highlight return the whole field
  2. snippet summarize the text to certain number of words

I understand the difference but am just curious why highlight needs to exist given snippet can do all its job. Is it for backward compatibility only?

Thanks

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#3

You may need both depending on how you build your search. For instance snippet shows in the result list and when the result is hovered, you add a side panel with the full content.