Eli5: What is the difference between Electrical potential vs. potential energy?
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Lets use another example: gravitational potential and gravitational potential energy. Gravitational potential is just how high up you are, gravitational potential energy is your height multiplied by your weight. Two objects of different weights but at the same height would be at the same potential, but have different amounts of GPE.
Electric potential and electric potential energy are the same as this. Two objects with different charge but at the same voltage would have the same electric potential but different electric potential energy.
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