| Acceleration due to Gravity(g) | Universal Gravitational constant (G) |
| An acceleration is produced on a freely falling body due to the gravitational force of earth is known as acceleration due to gravity. | Gravitational constant G is the numerically equal to the force of gravitation that exists between two bodies of unit mass kept at a unit distance from each other. |
| value of g near earth's surface is 9.8 ms-2. It may vary from place to place. | value of G is 6.67 x 10-11 N,m2kg-2 and it is an universal constant |
| Depends upon the distance between the masses | Independent of the distance between the masses |
| SI unit is ms-2 | SI unit is Nm2kg-2 |