The Civil Disobedience Movement was different from the Non-Cooperation Movement. The main differences between these two movements are as follows :
(i) The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in 1921 by Gandhiji, but the Civil Disobedience Movement was launched in 1930.
(ii) The Non-Cooperation Movement started with middle class participation, whereas the Civil Disobedience Movement was first supported by industrialists like-GD Birla, Purshottamdas Thakur etc.
(iii) Due to Khalifa issues, Muslim community participated in the Non-Cooperation on a large scale. But the growing proximity of the Congress party and the Hindu Mahasabha prevented the Muslims to participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement.