// nextElementSibling always returns an element.
// nextSibling can return any kind of node.
// They are the same for your example, but different in other
<p>
<span id="span-01">Here is span-01</span>
Some text at the top level
<span id="span-02">Here is span-02</span>
</p>
document.getElementById('span-01').nextElementSibling //is span-02
document.getElementById('span-01').nextSibling // is the text node containing
// "Some text at the top level"
//note:
//
<div id="div-1">Here is div-1</div>
<div id="div-2">Here is div-2</div>
var el = document.getElementById('div-1').nextSibling // is #text node
var el2 = document.getElementById('div-2').nextSibling // is #text node
//text nodes are inserted in the DOM where whitespace occurs between tags
//(i.e. after the closing tag of an element and before the opening tag of the next).
//source : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/nextSibling#example