kubectl apply vs kubectl create?

Question

What I understood by the documentation is that:

• kubectl create = Creates a new k8s resource in the cluster
• kubectl replace

Answer 1

┌─────────┬───────────────────────┬────────────────────────┐
│ command │ object does not exist │ object already exists  │
├─────────┼───────────────────────┼────────────────────────┤
│ create  │ create new object     │          ERROR         │ 
│         │                       │                        │
│ apply   │ create new object     │ configure object       │
│         │ (needs complete spec) │ (accepts partial spec) │
│         │                       │                        │
│ replace │         ERROR         │ delete object          │
│         │                       │ create new object      │
└─────────┴───────────────────────┴────────────────────────┘