What is the difference between a cartoon and animation?

What is difference between cartoon and animation?

• Answer:

  As from wikipedia: Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways. The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program, although several other forms of presenting animation also exist. In this sense, animation has a much more broad use than cartoon. Otherwise one could call the special effects in a movie a cartoon, which would not be entirely correct. As from wikipedia: Although the term can be applied to any animated presentation, it is most often used in reference to programs for children, featuring anthropomorphized animals, superheros, the adventures of child protagonists, and other related genres.