What is the difference between _root and parent?

Answer Posted / chiranjeevi

_parent is used to access the parent display
objects/properties of a MovieClip/Button. its something like
the relative path to the current MovieClip/Button. _root is
like the absolute path irrespective of the location of the
current MovieClip/Button.

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