What is the difference between distance and displacement?
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The actual length covered by a moving body in between two points is called distance. Whereas the shortest distance covered by a moving body in between two points in a particular direction is called its displacement.
Distance depends upon the path i.e. it changes according to the path taken. Displacement does not depend upon the path and it only depends upon the initial and final position of the body. These are the main differences between distance and displacement that can help to distinguish these two thoroughly.