Radius is from the middle of the circle to the circle and diameter is twice the radius which form one point on the circle straight to the other point on the circle where as circumference is the perimeter kind of thing for the circle can be calculated by 2pieR polygon is just add the sides for the perimeter <span />
They can be different because Daryl is doing it online so he will not have to swing arcs on the computer screen he will just use circles. Hope that this helps!