javascript - What is the difference between throw Error and console.error

Question

What is the difference between these two statements, and is there a good reason to use one over the other?

throw Error("msg");
console.error("msg");

In my limited experience, I've only really seen throw Error() used. Is there any particular reason why?

Also, is there an equivalent to console.warn() in the same fashion?

Answer 1

throw ... raises an exception in the current code block and causes it to exit, or to flow to next catch statement if raised in a try block.

console.error just prints out a red message to the browser developer tools javascript console and does not cause any changes of the execution flow.