Question 355199
Displacement is a vector quantity. 
Distance is the magnitude of displacement and is a scalar quantity.
For the displacement to be identical both the magntitude(distance) and the direction of displacement must be identical. 
For example, imagine two cars leave (0,0). One goes 5 miles East (positive x).
One goes 5 miles North (positive y). 
Their distance is both 5 miles. 
But Car A's displacement is 5 miles east while Car B's is 5 miles north, which are not identical.