After reviewing multiple documents, it appears that Cordova is often described as a power booster for PhoneGap. However, I am interested in understanding the differences between the two during implementation.
When creating a project using Cordova via the command line interface, the process would look something like this:
$ cordova create hello com.example.hello "HelloWorld"
$ cd hello
$ cordova platform add android
$ cordova build
On the other hand, when creating a project with PhoneGap, the steps would be:
$ phonegap create hello com.example.hello "HelloWorld"
$ cd hello
$ phonegap platform add android
$ phonegap build