Parameter VS Argument

Parameters: Parameters are placeholders or variables in a function definition.Parameters are specified in the function signature and act as local variables within the function

parameters live inside functions (this is their natural environment) , Here, x and y are parameters

def add_numbers(x, y):  # Here, x and y are parameters
    return x + y        

Arguments exist outside functions, and are carriers of values passed to corresponding parameters

Arguments: Arguments, on the other hand, are the actual values or data that are passed into a function when it invoked .

In this case, 3 and 5 are the arguments passed to the add_numbers function.

result = add_numbers(3, 5)  # Here, 3 and 5 are arguments