Using and Rather than Implies

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I am trying to understand the difference between and $\wedge$ and $\rightarrow$. Consider $$x=y\Longleftrightarrow \forall z(z\in x \ \rightarrow z \in y)$$

However, I think we can use and notation rather than implies $$x=y\Longleftrightarrow \forall z(z\in x \ \wedge \ z \in y)$$

Can you explain briefly we we should use implies notation there?

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In English, the first is read as "for all $z$, $z$ being in $x$ implies that $z$ is in $y$". This means that everything in $x$ is also in $y$.

This second is read as "for all $z$, $z$ is in $x$ and $z$ is in $y$". This means that both $x$ and $y$ contain everything.

It is worth noting that neither of the two statements above are equivalent to $x=y$, so there is no reason to use $\implies$ instead of $\land$ in this case; they just mean different things.