When we usually work with javascript then we use the searching with the help of closest or parent or parents.
Lets discuss something about them as:
closest() :
* Begins with the current element* Traverses up the DOM tree and if found the first selector stops there
parent() :
* Begins with the current element* Traverses up to just parent in DOM tree and if found the selector stops there
parents() :
* Begins with the current element* Traverses up to complete DOM tree and found all selectors and returns all the set
Here are some speed results from jsperf
