理解subplot() vs. subplots() in matlabplot

• subplot()

  matplotlib.pyplot.subplot(*args, **kwargs)
  

  Add an Axes to the current figure or retrieve an existing Axes.

  理解Axes&Backend in matplotlib

  This is a wrapper of Figure.add_subplot which provides additional behavior when working with the implicit API.

• subplots()

  matplotlib.pyplot.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=1, *, sharex=False, sharey=False, squeese=True, subplot_kw=None, gridspec_kw=None, **fig_kw)
  

  Create a figure and a set of subplots;

• References

1. Matplotlib.pyplot
2. Axes Class