Is there any difference between 2-D array and matrix

Answer 1

As far as I know (or atleast in numpy).
1-D array ---> Vector
2-D array ---> Matrix

"""
The two dimensional (2D) array in C programming is also known as matrix. A matrix can be represented as a table of rows and columns.
"""
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Answer 2

Matrix is a methematical object and 2-D array is a data structures which you can use to represent that object in computer