What is the difference between root.destroy() and root.quit()?

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In Python using tkinter, what is the difference between root.destroy() and root.quit() when closing the root window?

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My experience with root.quit() and root.destroy() ...

I have a dos python script, which calls a tkinter script (to choose from set of known values from combobox), then returns to the dos script to complete other things.

The TKinter script I've added onto the parent script. I may convert all to tkinter, but a combo works for the time being. It works in the following way:

To get rid of the windows box after selection was implemented, I needed to
1) root.quit() inside the callback function where all my keypresses were being processed.
2) root.destroy() after mainloop to destroy the windows box.

If I used root.destroy() inside the callback, I got an error message saying tkinter objects were no longer accessable.

Without the root.destroy() after mainloop, the windows box STAYED ONSCREEN until the whole parent script had completed.