What's the difference between an antelope and an impala?

Question

Is it the same thing just different names?

Answer 1

An impala is a type of antelope. There is no single species called 'the antelope' - antelope is a catch-all term for bovids (members of the family Bovidae, which also includes cattle, sheep and goats) with long, slender limbs. Small antelope are often called gazelles. Impala, wildebeest, topi, Thomson's gazelles, springbok, eland, etc. are all antelope.

Answer 2

An impala is a species of antelope.  Impalas, gazelles, gnus are all types of antelope.