Understanding the difference between Object.create() and new SomeFunction()

Question

I recently stumbled upon the Object.create() method in JavaScript, and am trying to deduce how it is different from creating a new instance of an object with

Answer 1

Internally Object.create does this:

Object.create = function (o) {
    function F() {}
    F.prototype = o;
    return new F();
};

The syntax just takes away the illusion that JavaScript uses Classical Inheritance.