What is the diffrewnce between Voltage and Current?

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More specifically, I understand what they are (Voltage is the guide of electricity and Current is the speed of the flow), but I’m having trouble understanding their relation. For example: in a hypothetical scenario where I have a 220v source that outputs 1amp through an uncovered wire, since the voltage is only the guide of electricity, would it be safe to touch?

I also may be wring about the definition of Voltage and Current all together.

All help is appreciated! THX!

(I’m 14 and learing about electronics on the internet. English is also NOT my first language)

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If electric circuit / battery was a waterfall, then the voltage is the height of the waterfall (how much potential there is for water to fall) and the volume of water flowing Is the current.

You can have a high waterfall (high voltage) but very little water flowing (low current) or the other way around, or lots of both, or not much of both.

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