Question

Difference between distance and displacement

Answer 1

Explanation:

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

Distance :

i)it is the total measurement of the length that any body has covered.

ii) Distance can't be zero

Displacement :

i) it is the shortest distance between initial and the final position of any body.

ii) Displacement can be zero