debounce = a conversation. you wait for the other person to finish speaking before you reply. throttle = a drum bit. you only play notes on a simple 4/4 drum bit. Use cases for debounce: Typing. You want to do something after the user stopped typing. So waiting 1sec after the last keystroke makes sense. Each keystroke restarts the wait. Animation. More @Wikipedia
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