I use both of these many times in my code and don't really know what the difference is , if a cookie is set shouldn't it be exactly the same in request and response? and is request going to the the most up to date , or response?

EDIT:

ok , I get the difference between a request and a response, but if I type

string a = HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookie["a"].Value;

it is most of the time the same as 

string a = HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookie["a"].Value;

but I am wondering what is the difference between using the two.

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