A function $f$ is differentiable in $x$ iff
- the limit $~\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}~~\text{exists}$ ("normal" definition)
- $|f(x+h)-f(x)|<C|h|~$ holds for small $h$ with $C>0$
Now for the sake of comparison, I called the first limit $C$:
$$\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}=C \iff \frac{|f(x+h)-f(x)|}{|h|}<C$$
but maybe that's not the right approach to understanding it intuitively. Could someone explain the connection/equivalence? I'm not seeing through.
Those conditions are not the same. To see this, try $f(x) = |x|$ at $0.$