Question

define distance and displacement covered by an object​

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance is a scalar quantity that refers to "how much ground an object has covered" during its motion. Displacement is a vector quantity that refers to "how far out of place an object is"; it is the object's overall change in position.

Answer 2

Answer:

distance is the total length covered by an object whereas displacement is the distance covered between the initial position and the final position.

sometimes that magnitude of displacement and distance can be same and sometimes the displacement can be zero but the distance cannot be zero the displacement is the shortest quantity it cannot have a larger magnitude than distance it is always less than or equal to distance but never greater than the magnitude of distance