Difference between css stylesheet and document

[MrHBS]

I see CSS stylesheet and CSS document being used in the spec but I can't tell the difference

[ByteEater-pl]

My take: it should be just stylesheet. CSS isn't a markup language, or a data modelling language, more generally. It's a special purpose programming language. Whatever you write in it, it's not a document.

[frivoal]

@MrHBS Can you clarify which document you're talking about? Generally, we distinguish the (CSS) stylesheet and the (HTML) document, but maybe there are cases where it's not clear, or with unusual phrasing. Could you point out some examples of what's troubling you?

[MrHBS]

@frivoal So sorry for the very late reply. I opened a PR to address this

[tabatkins]

There is no difference between the two terms.

[Crissov]

Since #5629 has been accepted recently, won’t stylesheet soon be restricted to (possibly implied) @sheet blocks, while document will still refer to the whole file? Or will there be new terms?