Is there a difference between connecting ports into a bridge and creating a switch and adding a master interface to a bridge on Mikrotik?

Question

Computer networks

With default settings, Mikrotik devices have the following configuration: the first ETHERNET port is not configured or configured to receive an address dynamically, while the others are combined into a switch. With a full reset, ports from the second to the 5th, on devices with 5 ports, are added to the bridge and wlan1 is also in the bridge. What is the main difference between these configurations?

Answer 1

also in the bridge there is "loop protection" (STP) :)
here is another useful presentation :) mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/IT14/starnowski.pdf

Answer 2

there is a difference.