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1) What is Office Scripts ?
The best way to think of Office Scripts is the JavaScript equivalent of VBA.
These scripts are only available in Excel at the moment, not Word.

2) What is the difference between Office Scripts and VBA ?

link - learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/scripts/resources/vba-differences 

3) What is the Script Lab Add-in ?
The Script Lab add-in provides a task pane that contains an IDE (similar to the Visual Basic Editor).
This task pane can be used with both Office Scripts and Office Add-ins.
This task pane can be used to help you understand the Office JS API and to run snippets of code.
This add-in is available in Word 365.