What is the difference between int and integer in MySQL 5.0?

Question

What is the difference between int and integer datatypes in MySQL 5.0? Can anyone help? I don't understand the exact difference.

StartClass0830_78886 · Answer

Taken from MYSQL 5.0 online reference

The keyword INT is a synonym for INTEGER.

user_16139 · Answer

I guess the only difference is the spelling.

So by using INT, you'd end up using less bytes on your SQL script (not that it matters).