Local time implies the time of a particular country, as regards the meridian running through it. On the contrary, standard time is referred as the official local time of a region ascertained by the distance from the Prime Meridian of the meridian running through the area. Here we'll break down the significant differences between local time and standard time. Earth rotates on its axis, leading to sun rise and sun set in different parts of the world. The part of the earth which receives … [Read more...]
Difference Between MLA and MP
In India, there is an area based representation system and so, by the cause of elections the country is divided into different areas called as electoral constituencies. For Lok Sabha elections, the country is split into 543 constituencies. The voters of each constituency choose their representative, called as Member of Parliament or MP. In the same way, each state and union territory is divided into a certain number of assembly constituencies. And the elected members of these assembly … [Read more...]
Difference Between Act and Law
Law implies a system of rules, recognized by a country to regulate the actions of the citizens. On the other hand, Act is that segment of legislation, that deals with specific circumstances and people. Many use the two legal terms interchangeably, but there is notable difference between act and law, as the former is a subset of the latter. Laws plays a pivotal role in every country's legislation, i.e. whether we talk of market, factory, office, school or any any other place, it safeguards … [Read more...]
Difference Between Fog and Mist
Fog and Mist, both are clouds made up of condensed water vapour, i.e. water droplets, hanging in the atmosphere at the surface of the earth, which restricts visibility to some extent. In spite of having similar composition, there are subtle differences between fog and mist which lies in the density and extent to which the visibility is reduced. Fog is denser in comparison to mist, and so it has a greater impact on visibility, i.e. the former limits visibility to nearly one kilometre, but the … [Read more...]
Difference Between High Court and Supreme Court
In the jurisdiction hierarchy, the Supreme Court (SC) of India, stands at the top most rank and is the primary judicial body and final court of appeal set up by the Indian Constitution. It followed by the High Court (HC), which is the apex judicial forum at the state and union territory level. One of the major difference between High Court and Supreme Court is that the judgement made by the HC, can be reviewed in the SC, but the judgement of SC is final and binding, so there is no further review … [Read more...]
Differences Between Skewness and Kurtosis
Skewness, in basic terms, implies off-centre, so does in statistics, it means lack of symmetry. With the help of skewness, one can identify the shape of the distribution of data. Kurtosis, on the other hand, refers to the pointedness of a peak in the distribution curve. The main difference between skewness and kurtosis is that the former talks of the degree of symmetry, whereas the latter talks of the degree of peakedness, in the frequency distribution. Data can be distributed in many ways, … [Read more...]
Difference Between State and Union Territory
The state can be understood as the constituent division, which possesses a separate government. Conversely, Union Territory is a small administrative unit, that is ruled by the Union. India, a country located in the South Asia, is among the largest country in the world. It is a federal country, i.e. here the power is distributed among the central and various units. When it comes to administrative divisions of the country, after the inclusion of Telangana there are total 29 states and 7 Union … [Read more...]
Difference Between Exponent and Power
In mathematics, you might have noticed superscript, i.e. a little digit that is placed above and to the right of any number. The large the number is the difficult is to read, compare and operate and due to this reason, superscripts are used to convert larger numbers into the smallest form. This is done with the help of powers and exponents, that are the basic concept of mathematics but are also juxtaposed by many students. Exponents represent the number of times the base is multiplied. On the … [Read more...]
Difference Between Latitude and Longitude
Latitude alludes to the horizontal lines that represent the distance of any point, north or south of the equator, its direction is east to west. On the other hand, longitude implies the vertical lines indicating the distance of any point, east or west of the prime meridian, its direction is north to south. Latitudes are also known as parallels while longitudes are termed as meridians. On earth's surface, locations are determined by the two reference lines known as latitude and longitude. In … [Read more...]
Difference Between Map and Globe
As we know that the shape of the earth is not perfectly spherical because it is a bit flattened at both the north and south poles and bulge in the centre. Every person is curious to know, how our earth looks like in the universe, but there are only handful of persons who can travel space and see it live. One can have an idea of earth's appearance, with a globe. A globe is a miniature form of the earth, which represents distances, directions, continents, oceans, countries, etc. A globe is … [Read more...]
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