are distance and displacement teh same thing?

Answer 1

distance is the total distance traveled
displacement is the distance the end point is from the start point

Example: like if you go forward 5 yards and then backtrack 2 yards,
total distance=7 yards
total displacement =3 yards (only ended up 3 yards away from your start point)

there is also another type of displacement where you put an object in water and it displaces water, but i'm pretty sure this is not the displacement you're looking for.

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

Distance and displacement are not always the same thing. Distance is linear (as in a straight line) while displacement can be linear or area or volume (or figuratively any replacement as a new Quarterback displaced the veteran QB on the team?). For example pushing an electron in one end of a wire displaces all the free electrons along the wire shoving one out the other end. Pushing a car 50 feet displaces it 50 feet increasing its distance 50 feet. The frames of a film displace each other at the rate of 24 frames per second (area). An iceberg displaces its own weight in water and floats. Distance is not always a straight line as when you state the distance between Boston and London or the distance a speck on a wheel rim travels during 16 1/2 revolutions, but the path (distance) can usually be represented by a string. This is based on a distant recollection that I thought had been displaced by more recent events.

Answer 3

Nope.

Distance is the physical length of how far 2 objects are apart from each other.

Displacement on the other hand, is a vector quantity which specifies the direction of the 2nd object, from the starting point. That is to say, the shortest distance between the 2 objects.

Example...
The distance of the bakery from your house may be 100m, as you need to walk around a church to get to the bakery.

But the displacement of the bakery from your house may only be 50m (the shortest distance between your house and the bakery), if you are able to walk through the church.

Hope this helps. =)

Answer 4

No they aren't. Distance is defined as the length of the path taken to travel from the initial point to reach the final point. Displacement is the shortest distance between the initial and final points. Take this example:
A person travels 12 miles from his house to the market and returns along the same route. His distance is 24 miles (12 from the house to the market and 12 from the market back to the house). But his displacement is zero because his initial point and the final point are the same, namely, his house. The shortest distance between a point to itself is zero.

Answer 5

No. Displacement is how an object affects another object, like an ice cube in a glass of water. The cube displaces the water, owing to its mass.

Distance is the space between point A and point B

Answer 6

No. Distance is how far 2 things are apart from one another. Displacement refers to taking up space.

Answer 7

No not at all.
Distance is the length travelled by the body.
Ex:- If you r in the internet cafe, You came by the road.
Displacement is the shortest distance travelled.
Ex:- If u'll fly frome ur house to the cafe in a straightline it will be dispalcement

Answer 8

suppose there are two points x and y
distance is the total distance travelled betwwn x and y
and displacement is shortest possible distance between x and y

(as easy i could explain)

Answer 9

No