The queryTerms field is useful in order to know which query terms matched in the search result. When performing an exact search, terms and queryTerms are identical. In case of prefix or fuzzy match though, they can be different.
For example, if one searches for "moto" using prefix search, and a document matches because it contains the word "motorcycle", then for that result the terms array will include "motorcycle", while the queryTerms array will include "moto".
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queryTermsfield is useful in order to know which query terms matched in the search result. When performing an exact search,termsandqueryTermsare identical. In case of prefix or fuzzy match though, they can be different.For example, if one searches for
"moto"using prefix search, and a document matches because it contains the word"motorcycle", then for that result thetermsarray will include"motorcycle", while thequeryTermsarray will include"moto".Also see https://github.com/lucaong/minisearch/issues/240 for a use case.