But it actually matters what they mean. It matters as part of the HTML standard and it matters for accessibility too. And that's the point of my comment: there are cases in which you will use <b> and <i> because they provide the right meaning. For example, if you use <em> for an idiomatic or technical term, you are using the wrong semantic tag. It should be <i> instead. And if you use <i> just to have something in italics, then yes, that's a wrong use of <i>.
But it actually matters what they mean. It matters as part of the HTML standard and it matters for accessibility too. And that's the point of my comment: there are cases in which you will use
<b>and<i>because they provide the right meaning. For example, if you use<em>for an idiomatic or technical term, you are using the wrong semantic tag. It should be<i>instead. And if you use<i>just to have something in italics, then yes, that's a wrong use of<i>.OMG I am so sorry, I read this wrong the whole time...