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"What is the difference between voltage and potential
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"What is the difference between voltage and potential differnce?"..

Answer / n nagaraju

voltage:the force casess to current flow in the circuit
is called voltage.
mesured in "voltage" ,unit is "volt"

potential diffrence: p d between any two poin of the circuit
is called potential difference.
mesured in "volt" ,

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"What is the difference between voltage and potential differnce?"..

Answer / lol

Voltage measures the energy available to drive the flow of
current

Potential difference is the energy available to drive a
flow of current

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"What is the difference between voltage and potential differnce?"..

Answer / maneshwarier

Potential Difference:-Between two points Is the energy
required to bring a unit charge from one point to other

Voltage:-Is the unit that we use to measure the PD

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"What is the difference between voltage and potential differnce?"..

Answer / srikar

due to potential difference only voltage develops
but not vice versa

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"What is the difference between voltage and potential differnce?"..

Answer / elangkumanan

voltage and potential difference are same meaning

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