what’s the difference between proof and evidence?

Question

In German, both “proof“ and “evidence“ translate to “Beweis“ which only has one single meaning – if something is “bewiesen“ then it is true and a fact. In English, I see the word “evidence“ used a lot for stuff that is obviously neither true nor fact. I’ve looked it up and don’t really see a difference between the meanings of “proof“ and “evidence“ – can anyone please ELI5?

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Evidence is something that could be used to figure something out. It isn’t necessarily enough to know the truth, but it helps.

Proof is evidence and/or logic that shows that something is definitely true.