can someone please explain the difference between

Flow<T>.debounce and Flow<T>.sample

I read the documentation and don't really understand when i would use one or the other. I have the following code:

informService.informCount.debounce(250.milliseconds)

informCount is a StateFlow that gets updated super fast it doesn't seem to work (not emitting anything). Should I use sample instead of debounce or no?

sample continuously emits every

period

of time, debounce only emits after no events occur for

period

of time

Just to clarify @octylFractal's explanation slightly,

debounce

emits the latest event after no events occur for a period of time.

thanks