What is the difference between area and circumference?

Answer 1

Area is the space or room inside a circle and circumference is like the perimeter or the distance around a circle. In terms of pepperoni Pizza, area is the cheesey pepperoni and circumference is the crust. On a plate, area is were you can place food and circumference is the edge.

Answer 2

Put a big circle down on the table.

The "circumference" of the circle tells how long a string you need to go around the circle.

The "area" of the circle tells how much cloth, paint, or construction paper you need to cover
the part of the table inside the circle.