The following are the differences between the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Non-Cooperation movement:
| Civil Disobedience Movement |
Non-Cooperation Movement |
| 1. The Civil Disobedience movement was started in the year 1930. |
1. This movement was started in the year 1921. |
| 2. This movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhiji when the British power refused his eleven demands. |
2. This movement was started by Gandhiji as a protest against the Rowlatt Act and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. |
| 3. There was huge participation of women. They supported Gandhiji by playing an active role in the protests and manufacturing salt. |
3. Women did not participate in the movement as such. |
| 4. People abstained from cooperating with the British and broke colonial laws. |
4. people were urged to not cooperate with the British. |
Even though both these movements were nationalist movements started by Gandhiji, the Civil Disobedience Movement was more successful.
