Farming means you're providing liquidity. It's usually a pair of coins in an equal dollar amount so $500 of ETH/$500 of ABC.
Farming may have a better return but there's impermanent loss. If the price of one of the coins in the pair goes up or down you're not going to receive the amount you put in when you exit the pool. You might get back $450 ETH/420 ABC. The ratio can change due to price changes or the amounts of each coin in the pool.
Farming also has greater risks because your coins are in a smart contract. If there's a flaw in the contract a hacker can drain the pool. Staking is safer in that regard. There's no impermanent loss with staking either. If you have $500 of ABC and you don't want to buy $500 of ETH you're better off staking.
BSC has the lowest fees and the lowest entry point. It's best to start farming and staking on Pancakeswap to learn the game. You'll be paying anywhere from .16-.83 typically. Farming on Ethereum isn't recommend unless you have deep pockets. Fees will be in the double and triple digits.
Appreciate the info breh
Pancakeswap, is it like the compound platform?
Just a question, when you're lending a coin, is this considered a form of "farming" or is it just "lending" your coin out to be used?