What is the difference between a function expression vs declaration in JavaScript?

What is the difference between the following lines of code?

//Function declaration
function foo() { return 5; }

//Anonymous function expression
var foo = function() { return 5; }

//Named function expression
var foo = function foo() { return 5; }
  • What is a named/anonymous function expression?
  • What is a declared function?
  • How do browsers deal with these constructs differently?

What do the responses to a similar question (var functionName = function() {} vs function functionName() {}) not get exactly right?

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