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It is tax free until you start to withdrawal. However, when you start to withdraw, you are withdrawing both contributions and growth. So you are also paying tax on the growth at withdrawal.Growth in trad 401k is indeed tax free.
You get taxed on withdrawals, not growth.
With a Roth, only your contributions are taxed when it goes in. When you withdrawal, you pay no tax. So that growth is tax free.