What is the difference between a spacer and a separator?

RobR

Smugmug doesn't provide very much documentation. I've found nothing that explains exactly what a separator is, or why it's different from a spacer.

denisegoldberg

You can see the difference by dragging both onto a test page.

A separator is a line with the following characteristics settings:

A spacer is an empty space for which you can set width and height.