What is the difference between the Buddha and other humans who attain enlightenment?

There is no
difference between what the Buddha attained and what other human beings attain in the form of
enlightenment.

Enlightenment, which is a final awakening and an understanding
of the true causes of suffering, can be achieved by anyone who strives towards it with all body,
mind and soul. Those that are enlightened attain freedom from desire, ignorance and suffering.
They are also freed from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

According to
teachings of the Buddha himself, achieving enlightenment is the same as attaining
Buddha-hood. The only difference between the two is that the Buddha is one
that attains enlightenment on his own, while others attain it by following the path shown by the
Buddha and others who are spiritually superior.

In his teachings, the Buddha
always claimed that he was not the first Buddha, there were others before Him who had achieved
enlightenment on their own and after him, there would be others who would achieve the same on
their own.