Difference between Running and Starting a Docker container

Question

In practice to start a container I do:

docker run a8asd8f9asdf0

If thats the case, what does:

docker start         


        

Answer 1

daniele3004's answer is already pretty good.

Just a quick and dirty formula for people like me who mixes up run and start from time to time:

docker run [...] = docker pull [...] + docker start [...]