Question

Is there a difference between radial velocity and angular velocity or are they the same thing?

If yes, where is the difference?

Answer 1

Angular velocity is the rate of change of angle of a body, i.e. omega = v / r = (2*pi*r)/ r*t = (2*pi)/ T. where T is the time period of whatever is rotating and r is the radius of the circle. So if a circular disc is spinning at 1 m/s then the angular velocity of it is 2*pi radians/ second.