Current target is the element the event listener is created on, target is the element that triggered the event.

In this example we have a anchor inside of a span inside of a div. Each element has an event listener attached to it so every time click me is clicked the currentTarget changes, however target will always be the anchor (unless you somehow click in the padding between them

Pay attention to the order the events fire as well, this is because of the event bubbling up the dom tree.

click me