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What is the difference between call and apply in JavaScript? When to use which?

Hello everyone! I started learning JavaScript and came across the call and apply methods. I understand that both allow calling a function with a specified context (the value of this), but I can't grasp the fundamental difference between them. Let's say I have a simple object and a function: ```javascript const person = { firstName: 'Ivan', lastName: 'Petrov' }; function greet(greeting, punctuation) { console.log(`${greeting}, ${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}${punctuation}`); } ``` I can call this function using call: ```javascript greet.call(person, 'Hello', '!'); // Hello, Ivan Petrov! ``` And using apply: ```javascript greet.apply(person, ['Hello', '!']); // Hello, Ivan Petrov! ``` The result is the same. I read that the difference is in how arguments are passed: