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HTML

<div id="a"></div>
<div id="b"></div>

<div id="out1"></div>
<div id="out2"></div>

JavaScript

var div1 = document.getElementById("a");
var div2 = document.getElementById("b");

div1.innerHTML = "&gt;";  // write HTML
div2.textContent = ">";   // write plain text

document.getElementById("out1").textContent = div1.innerHTML === div2.innerHTML;
document.getElementById("out2").textContent = div1.textContent === div2.textContent;