Some ios commands store passwords as clear text, but you can then encrypt the passwords with the service password-encryption global command. by comparison, other commands store a computed hash of the password, rather than storing the password. comparing the two options, which one answer is the most accurate about why one method is better than the other?

Both has their advantages and disadvantage. Hashing will not store password as the text itself unlike some encryption scheme where the password after processed with the encryption key , are sometimes stored still as text after decryption. and would have vulnerabilities when the encryption key is stolen. Hashing is another method where the database stores only the hash equivalent of the password or credentials. When it comes to data visibility and security hashing would top encryption.

the difference is right there dont you see it