title: matplotlib figure vs subplot vs axes?
body: <p>Though I've been able to create basic plots with <code>matplotlib.pyplot</code> before, I cannot fully understand what the difference between these are:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>figure</li>
  <li>subplot</li>
  <li>axes</li>
  <li>(axis?)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>As I understand, all three of these are objects for the area in which a graph is drawn, so what distinguishes them in terms of what can be drawn inside them?</p>