Hooded or vertical ??? Answer me this

ok so i kinda feel like a dumbass "KINDA" so the only difference in growing with a hood and vertical growin is the hood is gone and the light hangs in the middle of the plants instead of over the top???

Refer to this post...I just posted it.
https://www.rollitup.org/vertical-growing/633929-pros-cons-going-vertical.html#post8823995