bootstrap nav vs div class: nav

rubyonrails-talk
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Documentation says to use:

<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
But in my views I've been using
 <div class = "navbar navbar-default navbar-static-top">
The code is a little different, I have to try it out, but the question is the same Is applying the class to the div the same as not using the div for bootstrap purposes
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The “nav” tag provides more meaning, I guess bootstrap just checks the class “navbar” so it doesn’t care if you used a div or a nav, but in terms of semantics, a nav tag if better for a navigation bar as the name suggests.

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Thanks