Question

state two points of differences between distance and displacement

Answer 1

Answer : -

Distance :

• It is the actual path covered by a body.
• It is scalar quantity.

Displacement :

• It is the minimum distance between two points.
• It is vector quantity.

Answer 2

Answer:

Distance is the actual length of the path covered by someone or something, but displacement is the length of the shortest route between the starting and ending points. So, displacement is either equal to or less than the distance between two points.