Difference b/w getText() and getAttribute() in Selenium WebDriver?

Question

Both are used to get the WebElement value in between tags? Kindly update whether my assumption is right. If wrong please elaborate it.

Answer 1

getAttribute() -> It fetch the text that containing one of any attributes in the HTML tag . Suppose there is HTML tag like 

<input name="Name Locator" value="selenium">Hello</input>

now getAttribute() fetch the data of the attribute of value which is "Selenium"

 Returns: The attribute's current value or null if the value is not set.

driver.findElement(By.name("Name Locator")).getAttribute("value")  // The field value is //retrieved by the getAttribute("value") Selenium WebDriver predefined method and //assigned to the String object.

getText() -> delivers the innerText of a WebElement. Get the visible (i.e. not hidden by CSS) innerText of this element, including sub-elements, without any leading or trailing whitespace.

Returns: The innerText of this element.

driver.findElement(By.name("Name Locator")).getText();

Hello will be shown 

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