Difference between BigInt and bigint in javascript/typescript [duplicate]

Question

I'm still learning typescript/javascript and now I'm trying to replace existing code where BigNumber is used with bigint/BigInt.

Originally I thought these types are the same (because typeof(BigInt) === typeof(bigint)) but when accidentaly mixed bigint and BigInt I received errors from typescript compiler.

I see that ethers.js is using bigint so I can't use BigInt. So is bigint the correct way how to use native big nubmers in JS?

Thanks

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"typeof(BigInt) === typeof(bigint)" - no it's not? – Alti