Linux command echo -e what does the parameter e mean

The explanation of man help is to allow the following output to be escaped, assuming you are echo -e "i will use \n $HOME" The output will be
i will use
/root (the home directory of the current user)
if it is echo "i will use \n $HOME" then the output is:
i will use \n $HOME

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