Question

what is the difference between total surface area and lateral surface area?

Answer 1

If u keep a shape on table and when u look it horizontally what u see is lateral surface area. Lateral surface area + base area + top area = Total surface area

Answer 2

The Total Surface Area is the sum of both the curved and the lateral surface areas.
The lateral surface of an object is the area of all the sides of object excluding areaof its base and top