What is the difference between _root and parent? - Flash

What is the difference between _root and parent?

- _root is the super parent for all movieClips.
- _root accesses Outer MovieClip

- _parent is used to access a particular MovieClip’s parent

- Example : Assume that a movie named MovieHolder is available and MovieHolder2_mc on stage. Inner1_mc is inside MovieHolder_me

- To access the MovieHolder, execute the following

_root.MovieHolder2_mc. – [ Direct Access ]

inner1_mc._parent._parent.MovieHolder2_mc - [ Accessing through InnerMovie ]