is jquery post same as form submit? code example

Example 1: jquery ajax post example

var formData = {name:"John", surname:"Doe", age:"31"}; //Array 

$.ajax({
    url : "https://example.com/rest/getData", // Url of backend (can be python, php, etc..)
    type: "POST", // data type (can be get, post, put, delete)
    data : formData, // data in json format
  	async : false, // enable or disable async (optional, but suggested as false if you need to populate data afterwards)
    success: function(response, textStatus, jqXHR) {
    	console.log(response);
    },
    error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
		console.log(jqXHR);
      	console.log(textStatus);
      	console.log(errorThrown);
    }
});

Example 2: jquery ajax $.post with data

$.post('http://example.com/form.php', {category:'client', type:'premium'}, function(response){ 
      alert("success");
      $("#mypar").html(response.amount);
});