S. No.
Kubectl apply
Kubectl create
1.
It directly updates in the current live source, only the attributes which are given in the file.
It first deletes the resources and then creates it from the file provided.
2.
The file used in apply can be an incomplete spec
The file used in create should be complete
3.
Apply works only on some properties of the resources
Create works on every property of the resources
4.
You can apply a file that changes only an annotation, without specifying any other properties of the resource.
If you will use the same file with a replace command, the command would fail, due to the missing information.
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