Question

What is the difference between distance and displacement?

Answer 1

DISTANCE: IT IS A SCALAR QUANTITY.                                                                                  DISPLACEMENT: IT IS A VECTOR QUANTITY.                

Answer 2

Distance is the length of the actual path taken by a particle while displacement is the length of the shortest path between the initial and final position of the object.

Distance is a scalar quantity while displacement is a vector quantity.

Distance can never be negative but displacement can be negative.

Distance is either greater than or equal to displacement.