difference provider.request and provider.send

[MuhammadLuqman-99]

hi i wanna ask what the difference of provider.send and provider.request for this code in deploy

it("returns false if enough time hasn't passed", async () => {
                  await lottery.enterLottery({ value: lotteryEntraceFee })
                  await network.provider.send("evm_increaseTime", [interval.toNumber() - 1])
                  await network.provider.request({ method: "evm_mine", params: [] })
                  const { upkeepNeeded } = await lottery.callStatic.checkUpkeep([])
                  assert(!upkeepNeeded)
              })

it("returns false if people haven't sent any eth", async function () {
                  await network.provider.send("evm_increaseTime", [interval.toNumber() + 1])
                  await network.provider.send("evm_mine", [])
                  const { upkeepNeeded } = await lottery.callStatic.checkUpkeep([]) // kena code mcm ni sbb dia public sahaja bkn public view so kean panggil callStatic
                  assert(!upkeepNeeded)
              })

[PatrickAlphaC]

There isn't really one, they basically do the same thing.

[MuhammadLuqman-99]

ahh i see thanks senpai

[Hassan-jr]

network.provider.send("evm_increaseTime") .... This Jump forward in time by 1 second.

network.provider.request({ method: "evm_mine") ....
This Force a single block to be mined.