What's the difference between logging and printing to the console

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This is kind of a philosophical question.

Basically people often ask if I am logging - and since I am not a full time programmer, but someone who programs often but is actually more of a requirements analyst, I don't know all the best practices.

I use Java a lot so I often do things like

System.out.println()

What's the difference in theory between the two? Ultimately aren't I also logging? Esp, if I prefix my comments with something like "ERROR:" or "WARN:" ?

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