What is the difference between renewable and non renewable resources?

Renewable resources are those resources which are easily
regenerated once they have been consumed or are available in such a large quantity that
they will practically be sufficient for all future
generations.

Non-renewable resources on the other hand are
those which have a limited availability and once used are not regenerated or the process
of regeneration takes millions of years.

The concept of
renewable and non-renewable resources is used most often with reference to sources of
energy. Renewable sources of energy include solar, wind, tidal, etc., which are
available in abundance and which we will not run out of. Non-renewable sources of energy
include petroleum products, coal, etc. which once used will not be renegenerated as we
have also consumed the sources from which they were
created.

Several resources like water, soil, agricultural
products, etc. are renewable if used in a responsible manner and we leave enough of it
unused so that the resource is regenerated at the rate we consume
it.