title: What is the difference between raise and except?
body: <p>What is the point of raising an exception when we have except to handle exceptions? Is it because raising an exception allows you to create your own defined exceptions?</p>
  
  <pre><code>except:
    raise ZeroDivisionError
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>vs.</p>
  
  <pre><code>except ZeroDivisionError:
    #code
  </code></pre>