Differentiate Between Distance And Displacement Class 6. It is a scalar quantity. It is independent of the path followed by the particle.
It is the total length of the actual path travelled by a particle during its motion. The distance of the object gives complete information about the path travelled by the object. What are distance and displacement.
Distance can never be negative and displacement can be both ie positive or negative.
The distance can never be zero or negative and it is always more than the displacement of the object. It is the shortest distance between the initial and final positions. Distance is the length of the path travelled by a body in certain interval of time whereas displacement is the shortest distance between the initial and final positions of a body. The difference between distance and displacement is that the direction of the distance is not that important vis a vis for displacement.
