What is the difference between scalar and vector quantities?
Meaning | Any physical quantity that does not include direction is known as scalar quantity. | Vector quantity is one, that has both magnitude and direction. | |
Quantities | One-dimensional quantities | Multi-dimensional quantities | |
Change |
| It changes with the change in their direction or magnitude or both. | |
Operations | Follow ordinary rules of algebra. | Follow rules of vector algebra. | |
Comparison of two quantities | Simple | Complex | |
Division |
| Two vectors can never divide. |