Question

Difference between Distance and Displacement???​

Answer 1

Distance Displacement

1) The total or complete path travelled by an object. 1) The shortest distance between the final position and the initial position of the motion of the object.

2) It can never be negative or zero, always positive 2) It can be positive, negative or zero depending on the context

Answer 2

Distance:-

• Distance is the actual path cover by moving particle in a given interval of time.
• Distance is a scalar.

Displacement:-

• Displacement is the change in position vector that is a vector joining initial to final point.
• Displacement is a vector.