What is the basic difference between Maxwell and Gaussian Distribution?

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Can anyone tell me the basic difference between Maxwell and Gaussian distribution?


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Fundamentally - they have different extents and symmetry.
 
The Gaussian distribution is a general mathematical distribution.

The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution is a particular distribution about particles (statistical mechanics). If the components of velocity are considered as random variables, its appearance is that of a particular three dimensional Gaussian.
 

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