edit: five year old. we’re looking for something a kid can understand. don’t need full theory with every implication here, just the basic concept.
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It’s not the same concept al all. Neutral is needed for the circuit to work. It is basically the return path of the current. Ground is a safety feature that is a current path with a very low resistance so that will be the path current will take in case of a fault. Ground is generally needed for appliances with metal casings so that is wires inside come loose they will touch the case which will be connected to ground and ideally that will trigger a breaker or even if a breaker is not present the current will take that path instead of running through whoever touches the outer metal casing. Ground can be connected to the same terminal out of the house or can be completely different to the neutral. Neutral always comes from the provider while ground can be a few metal stakes actually put into the ground.
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