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The count() function counts rows, and is very often used as count(*). If I had a table with phoneNo and firstName, count(phoneNumber) returns the same number as count(*). All columns are always present, if not populated, in each row.
There is a subtle difference.
If you specify a field , count(fieldname) will count records which have non null values for the field. count(*) will give you total rows.