Whereas duckduckgo will return stuff that actually matches your search.
One upon a time Google was a really cool search engine. Entire books were written about how to use it wisely. E.g.
Google Hacks
100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/google-hacks/0596004478...Now, it's impossible to properly qualify searches. Quotes don't mean shit. Appending "&tbs=li:1" to get verbatim results doesn't mean shit.
Google just does whatever the hell it wants to. Which is probably great for the unwashed masses but really sucks for advanced users.