what is difference between earth and ground?/

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what is difference between earth and ground?/..

Answer / gautam kacha

generally there is a no
difference between earthing
and grounding,but the
earthing terms are used in
india and europian country
while grounding terms are
used in USA for the
equipment and system
earthing.

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what is difference between earth and ground?/..

Answer / k.prakashchandra

Earthing means connecting to earth only . Grounding means
connecting to earth or to the body as in automobiles ,ships ..

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what is difference between earth and ground?/..

Answer / kanav sharma

the main difference is that ground refers to a particular point dug deep inside the earth whereas earth refers to simply normal earth i.e wire touching earth is said to be earthed but to ground it we have to connect it to the ground point

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