Question

Hey, what is the difference between distance and displacement
Please help me out.

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

• Distance is the total actual pathlength covered by a body from the initial point to the final point while displacement is the shortest straight line path between the two points.
• Distance is a scalar quantity while displacement is a vector quantity.
• Distance of a moving object can never be zero while the displacement can be zero and negative too.
• Between any two points infinite number of distances can be possible but there's only one displacement.
• Displacement is a distance but not all distances are displacement.

Hope that helps.