Question

Differenciate
between distance and displacement​

Answer 1

Answer:

The following points explain the differences between distance and displacement:

The amount of space between two points, measured along the actual path, which connects the two points, is called distance. The amount of space between  two points, measured along the minimum path which connects them, is called displacement.

Distance is nothing but the length of the total route travelled by the object during motion. On the other hand, displacement is the least distance between starting and finishing point.

Distance gives the complete information of the path followed by the body. As against this, displacement does not give the complete information of the path travelled by the object.

Displacement decreases with time, whereas distance does not decrease with time.

The value of displacement can be positive, negative or even zero, but the value of the distance is always positive.

Answer 2

Answer:

DISTANCE : 1 IT IS THE ACTUAL PATH COVERED BY A BODY .

2 IT IS SCALAR QUANTITY .

3 IT CAN NEVER BE ZERO .

4 IT CAN NEVER LESS THAN DISPLACEMENT.

1 IT IS THE SHORTEST DISTANCE .

2 IT IS VECTOR QUANTITY.

3 IT CAN BE ZERO .

4 IT CAN LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO DISPLACEMENT.