What is the difference between parent(), parents() and closest() in jQuery?

<div class="box"><ul><li><span id="s">x</span></li></ul></div>
console.log($('#s').parent().prop('tagName'));
console.log($('#s').parents().length);
console.log($('#s').closest('.box').prop('tagName'));
Console output

LI
5
DIV

See Traversing: Ancestors.


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