Difference between return and print

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that is the difference between return and print, explained so that a beginner can understand it?

In example under gone look at some basic usage of function and return,this can make it clearer what return is good for.
In read_file() we don't want to print the result,but return it out for further progressing.
Same with check_gender(read_file) it take in read_file do work and return result.
In result(gender) when all is finish then print out result.

If look at code you see small task function(like black box isolated for outside world),
that take in a argument and return out the result.
This make code easier to read and test,than writing this same code within functions.

def read_file():
    try:
        with open("names.txt", encoding='utf-8') as f:
            return [i.strip() for i in f]
    except (OSError, IOError) as error:
        return f'Error reading file: {error}'

def check_gender(read_file):
    '''Make male and female list output'''
    male = []
    female = []
    for name in read_file:
        if name.lower().startswith('male'):
            male.append(name.split(' ', 1)[1])
        else:
            female.append(name.split(' ', 1)[1])
    return male, female

def result(gender):
    '''Show table of Male Female'''
    male, female = gender
    titles = ['Male', 'Female']
    print('{:>8}{:>15}'.format(*titles))
    print('-'*27)
    for item in zip(male, female):
        print('{:15}{:^10}'.format(*item))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if 'Error' in read_file():
        print(read_file())
    else:
        gender = check_gender(read_file())
        result(gender)

Output:
    Male         Female
---------------------------
Kent Hollow    Emily Hunt
Hans Klein     Olivia Stock

Input names.txt:

Male Kent Hollow
Female Emily Hunt
Male Hans Klein
Female Olivia Stock 

You need Python 3.6 --> to run this code,so do not use Python 2 as you use in first post