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Sefardi = those descended from Spain/Portugal.

Mizrachi = those descended from Iraq, Egypt etc.

Many use the terms interchangeably, but there is a difference.

Read the Wikipedia article about “Syrian Jews” – Syria is one place where the difference between them was very important.