Big difference and the unit is NOT creating more heat then it's using,
PERIOD!

Define "create".

It doesn't "create" heat in the sense of violating energy conservation.

However it does convert latent heat that doesn't affect a thermometer to
sensible heat that does.

Just think of it as evaporative cooling in reverse. Condensive heating, if
you like. Multiple joules of sensible heat appear compared to the joules
of energy used to run the machinery.