Timeline for When to use "electricity" and when to use "power"?
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| Jul 21, 2015 at 13:55 | vote | accept | Tom | ||
| Jul 21, 2015 at 9:04 | comment | added | Anton | Yes, a car whose engine has no power produces no energy. However, be aware that, in physics, there is a distinction between the two words. Power is the rate at which energy is delivered. For example, energy is measured in Joules; power is Joules per second, otherwise known as Watts. A car engine of power one hundred kilowatts would deliver one hundred thousand Joules of energy per second. | |
| Jul 20, 2015 at 14:41 | comment | added | Tom | "power: energy that is produced by mechanical, electrical, or other means and used to operate a device." So if you say our car has no power --> our car has no energy produced by engine? | |
| Jul 20, 2015 at 7:04 | history | answered | Anton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |