What's the difference between the multiple application folders?

So its not really a huge issue, but I noticed the other day that there are two different Applications folders. There's the one that is on the sidebar when you open finder, and then there is one when you are under your user. What is the difference between the two? I was under the impression that they were the same, but the Applications folder on the sidebar has all my applications in it while the one under my user has none. Can someone explain this?

The one under your home folder is for apps that installed only for your user. Other users of the computer don't have those apps available.
The other one is system wide. All users have the app available.
Regards,
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