Differentiating between molar mass and molecular mass can be very technical to understand because both usually give the same result. An example of this will be given later. Molar mass can be defined as the mass of one mole of a substance. In other words, the molar mass is the amount of atoms, molecules in one mole of a substance. The SI unit of molar mass is gram per mole i.e., g/mol. At times, Avogadro's number, 6.022 x 1023, is used to represent the number of atoms or molecules that one molar mass of a substance contains.
On the other hand, molecular mass refers to the mass of an individual atom or molecule of an element or compound. The SI unit of molecular mass is amu i.e., atomic mass units. You can be asked to calculate the molecular mass and molar mass of H20, all you need to do is to determine the multiplications of all the elements that make up the compound in terms of their atomic masses with respect to their subscripts and then add. For instance, the atomic mass of Hydrogen is 1.0079, and 15.9994 for oxygen. The molecular mass is 2(1.0079) + 15.9994 = 18.0152 amu, and the molar mass is 2(1.0079) + 15.9994 = 18.0152 g/mol.