Question

What is the difference between distance and displacement?

Answer 1

distance :-

1.distance is the length of the actual path traversed by a body irrespectively of its direction of motion .
2.distance between two given. Maybe same or different for different path chosen .
3.it is scalar quantity .
4 .distance covered is always positive or zero .


displacement :-

1.displacement is the shortest distance between the initial and the final position of a body is given direction .
2. displacement between two given point is always same .
3.it is a vector quantity .
4.displacement covered may be positive negative or zero .

Answer 2

Distance:-

Distance is the length of the actual path traversed by a body, irrespective of its direction of motion.

Distance between two given given points may be same or different paths chosen.

It is a scalar quantity.

Distance covered is always positive or zero.

Displacement:-

Displacment is the shortest distance between the initial and final positions of a body in a given direction.

Displacement between two given points is always same.

It is a vector quantity.

Displacement covered may be positive, negative or zero.