Could somebody please give me some help with the topic Parameters & Arguments ?

so basically a Parameter or an Argument is what's inside the two () of a function

so like

function functionName(argument1, argument2)
    --argument1 and 2 can only be used inside this function
end

function functionName(argument1)
    --Argument 1 can be used here
end

--But not here

So think of it like this...

A person1 (the function caller) wants person2 (the function) to do a simple addition something...But function 2 wants numbers (the arguments) first before doing the addition...Person1 gave (passed) him 5 and 2, so person2 did 5 + 2 and gave *(returned) *him the answer...

so in lua it would look like this

function add(a, b)
    return a + b
end

print(add(5, 2))

I know it's confusing... But the simplest way I could explain arguments or parameters is that it's what a function needs

Edit: If you have questions, feel free to ask them