Throttle vs Debounce

The following page will offer a very nice JavaScript illustration of the difference between throttle and debounce: https://web.archive.org/web/20220128120157/http://demo.nimius.net/debounce_throttle/

The terms make sense in the context when you want to control the time when an "effect" is triggered, based on the timing of the "cause" (I am using these terms very generally: "cause and effect").

You "throttle" when you want the effect to be spaced apart by a minimum interval of X time.
You "debounce" when you want the effect to be triggered after the cause has "cooled off" for enough (X) time.