Difference between x64 Native Tools Command Prompt and Developer Command Prompt

What is the difference between Developer Command Prompt and x64 Native Tools Command Prompt of Visual Studio in 64bit Windows?

The important environment variables set in x64 Native Tools Command Prompt are

is_x64_arch=true
LIB=C:\Microsoft Visual Studio\…..\lib\x64
LIBPATH=C:\Microsoft Visual Studio\…..\lib\x64
Path=C:\Microsoft Visual Studio\…\bin\HostX64\x64
Platform=x64
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=AMD64
VSCMD_ARG_HOST_ARCH=x64
VSCMD_ARG_TGT_ARCH=x64
__DOTNET_ADD_64BIT=1
__DOTNET_PREFERRED_BITNESS=64

The following important environment variables are set in Developer Command Prompt:

LIB=C:\Microsoft Visual\…\lib\x86
LIBPATH=C:\Microsoft Visual\…\lib\x86
Path=C:\Microsoft Visual\…\bin\HostX86\x86
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=AMD64
VSCMD_ARG_HOST_ARCH=x86
VSCMD_ARG_TGT_ARCH=x86
WindowsSDK_ExecutablePath_x64=C:\Program Files (x86)….\ Tools\x64\
WindowsSDK_ExecutablePath_x86=C:\Program Files (x86)….\ Tools\
__DOTNET_ADD_32BIT=1
__DOTNET_PREFERRED_BITNESS=32

So Developer Command Prompt is supposed to build a program that is hosted on x86 machine that will generate 32bit binaries, while x64 Native Tools Command Prompt is supposed to build a program that is hosted on x64 machine that will generate 64bit binaries.

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