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Automobile and Automotive engineering are interconnected branches dealing eith motor vehicles.

Automotive engineeringdeals with the overall development of a vehicle, including the design upto production. It also provides some in depth knowledge with regard to the electrical and electronucs systems and functioning of cars.

Automobile engineeringdeals with the design of cars. It can be considered as a sub branch of automotive engineering.

In terms of degree equivalence, both are almost the same. There is no big difference.