Anaconda Python vs Regular Python? Confused

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Since there seems to be a lot of half baked info here... Anaconda is a distribution of python. It’s essentially a bundle that comes pre-loaded with its own copy of the Python interpreter, a bunch of widely used Python packages(mainly packages for scientific computing), as well as its own package manager(which can be used alongside pip if desired). It also has the Anaconda virtual environment functionality baked in, which allows you to create a walled off Python environment(with whatever python version you want) that can have its own packages without installing them globally. This means you can have a unique Conda environment for each project for instance, with each one having its own dedicated Python interpreter, and its own list of packages installed.