difference between chord and segment ?

Solution:

Chord: A line segment joining any two points on a circle is called a chord of a circle.

In the given figure, CD and EF being the chord of the circle.

Diameter is the largest chord of the circle.

Here, CD being the diameter is the largest chord of given circle.


​​​​Segment or line segment means part of a line that connects two points. It has definite end points. Adding the word "segment" is important, because a line normally extends in both directions without end. A line segment can be measured because of its definite ends.

In the above given AB is a line segment.
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