What is the difference between distance and displacement?

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Distance is the length of actual path taken by a body. It is a scalar quantity, which only has a magnitude and no direction. However, displacement is the shortest straight-line path from the initial to the final position. It is a vector quantity which has both magnitude and direction.

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