IMAP vs POP mail storage on iPad

An advantage of IMAP is said to be that it doesn't take up an ever growing amount of local storage space. But I get the impression that POP behaves the much same way on the iPad, in that the IOS Mail app keeps only so many pieces of email locally. If so, am I right in thinking that deleting mail in either IMAP or POP makes no practical difference to the amount of storage used? I.e if you have Mail set to display, say, 100 pieces of mail, that's how much mail gets stored locally on the iPad using either POP or IMAP?

Thanks Bob for your reply.
I'm well aware that IMAP has syncing advantages. My question was strictly about storage but perhaps I wasn't clear.
Am I right in thinking that — either with IMAP or POP — I need not worry about excess storage of mail on an iPad because the iPad self-limits to, say, 100 pieces of mail or whatever you set the limit at?
Regards.

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