Great explanation, Jonathan.
> It does. The difference between .filter() and .find() is that the former
> searches through the matched elements, while the latter searches through the
> *descendants* of the elements. I believe that when you say:
> Given the HTML:
> <div class="foo bar">Test</div>
>
> $('div.foo') selects the element
> $('div').filter('.foo') selects the element
> $('div').find('.foo') does not select the element
>
> similarly,
> $('.foo.bar') selects the element
> $('.foo').filter('.bar') selects the element
> $('.foo').find('.bar') does not select the element
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