What is the difference between bitcode file and naive output file which is compiled with -flto option from same c file?

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Hello everyone:
I have known that when a file(for example: a.c) is compiled with -flto flag, llvm will output a bitcode file(a.o), command is (clang -flto -c a.c -o a.o). Then I compile same file to bitcode file a.bc, command is (clang -emit-llvm -o a.bc -c a.c). I want to know what difference between a.o and a.bc ?
a.c content is like below:


#include "a.h"

static signed int i = 0;

void foo2(void) {
i = -1;
}

static int foo3() {
foo4();
return 10;
}

int foo1(void) {
int data = 0;

if (i < 0)
data = foo3();

data = data + 42;
return data;
}

Thanks
lzx