sort() vs sorted()

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1. In-place or not
The list.sort() method modifies the list in-place (and returns None to avoid confusion). Usually it’s less convenient than sorted() - but if you don’t need the original list, it’s slightly more efficient.

2. List or other iterable
Another difference is that the list.sort() method is only defined for lists. In contrast, the sorted() function accepts any iterable.

sorted({1: 'D', 2: 'B', 3: 'B', 4: 'E', 5: 'A'})
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

reference: https://docs.python.org/3/howto/sorting.html