Difference between Equal and LIKE in T-SQL

LIKE is the ANSI/ISO standard operator for comparing a column value to another column value, or to a quoted string. It returns either 1 or 0.

The equals to (=) operator is a comparison oparator and used for equality test within two numbers or expressions.

LIKE is generally used only with strings however equals (=) is used for exact matching and it seems faster.

LIKE supports the wildcards (%). Equals to (=) doesn't.