What is the difference between docker stop and kill?

Docker Stop:

This command will stop the containers which are running.

docker stop [container id or name]

Docker Kill:

This command will kill the container by stopping its execution immediately.

docker kill [container id or name]

The difference between ‘docker kill’ and ‘docker stop’ gives the container time to shutdown in any situations, when it is taking too much time for getting the container to stop, one can opt to kill it.