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Basically a circle has a constant radius throughout and an ellipse does not.a circle has a constant radiusan ellipse has two foci. they are at either end of the ellipse
Ellipse
They are notnecessarily the same. A circle is a subcategory of an ellipse, meaning that every single circle is guaranteed to be an ellipse, but not all ellipses will be a circle. Just like a square will be a rectangle, but not all rectangles will be squares. A circle requires that the radius remains constant throughout the entire circle, whereas an ellipse does not require this. It just has an extra requirement that disqualifies some ellipses.
An ellipse is a shape on which the sum of the distances from every point to two points inside called the foci (focuses) is always the same number. A circle is an ellipse with both foci (focuses) at the same point.
A circle is perfectly round and an ellipse is oval.