Q.Distinguish between economic growth and economic development.

Growth is a narrow, quantitative rise in output; development is the broader, qualitative process built on it.

Economic growth and economic development are related but distinct ideas.

Economic growth is a narrow, purely quantitative concept — a sustained rise in an economy's real output (GDP/GNP) or real per capita income, measured as a growth rate. It says nothing directly about how the additional output is shared or whether living conditions have actually improved, and it can occur alongside rising inequality or environmental damage.

Economic development is a broader concept that includes growth as one component but goes further to cover structural change (e.g., a shift from agriculture to industry/services), institutional improvement, and welfare gains — better health, education, employment opportunities, and reduced poverty and inequality. Development is measured not by a single output figure but by composite indices such as the HDI, precisely because it is multi-dimensional.

The key distinction: growth is necessary for development (an economy must produce more before it can distribute and improve more), but growth alone is not sufficient — a country can grow without developing if the gains are not translated into wider welfare.

Listing only one or two differences instead of covering meaning, nature, measurement, and scope; or treating the two terms as synonyms.