Can someone please distinguished the difference...

between period and implantation bleeding.

I’m spotting right now. It’s like a rusty brown-red color. There was a bright red tissues when I used the bathroom but that was it. There’s nothing on my pad at all; however, when I stick in a qtip, it’s a very dark rusty brown-red color.

I don’t have any pregnancy symptoms at all... but the bleeding is throwing me off!