Question

Differentiate between distance and displacement?

Answer 1

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Distance: It is a measure of the intervalbetween two locations. Distance is a scalar measure of the interval betweentwo locations measured along the actual path connecting them.Displacement: It is a vector measure of the interval between two locations measured along the shortest path connecting them.

Answer 2

Distance is measured as distance covered by something from starting point to ending point

Displacement is the distance from starting point to ending point

Distance is a scaler quantity

Displacement is a Victor quantity