The displacement of an object is the shortest distance travelled between the initial and final position of the object.
- When final position coincides with the initial position, displacement is 0 but distance is not equal to 0.
- Both, the distance and displacement are measure in meter or cm or km.
- Distance is a scalar quantity having only. Displacement is a vector quantity having both magnitude and direction.
- The distance travelled by an object in motion can never be zero or negative. The displacement can be positive, zero or negative.
