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Defference between Angular and circular motion


jayp44606 10th May, 2022
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Prachi Panda 10th May, 2022

Hello,

The main difference between circular motion and rotational motion is that circular motion is a special case of rotational motion, where the distance between the body’s centre of mass and the axis of rotation remains fixed. Rotational Motion refers to the motion about a fixed point.


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piyush singh 10th May, 2022

Hello student!!

As per your query I would like to inform you that in circular motion body moves in a circle whereas in rotational motion an object has a particular axis on which it moves. For example a toy train which moves in a circular motion is an example of circular motion whereas a car wheel rotates around its axis (axel) so it is an example of an angular motion.

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