grid-template-areas vs grid lines

Hey, could somebody please explain the difference between using grid-template-areas and grid lines and in what situations you’d pick one over the other. Thanks in advance
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Jochem
Jochem2mo ago
Preference, mostly. But grid lines also let you overlap children, which you can't do with areas
snxxwyy
snxxwyy2mo ago
Ahh okay, I had it feeling it might have had something to do with preference haha, thank you