Varchar(5000) vs text?

Question

MySQL

Good day.
Please tell me what type of field (MySQL) is preferable if the text is large?
for example 5-10k characters
VARCHAR(5000) or TEXT?
using Mariadb 10.1

Answer 1

Depends on the destination and subsequent used indexes on the field.

Answer 2

Prefer text and do not select this field in collections.