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How do kilowatt and kilowatt-hour differ?

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Kilowatt is a unit of electric power which is equal to 1000 watts.

On the other hand, kilowatt hour is a commercial unit of electric energy consumed. It is defined as the amount of electric energy consumed by an electric appliance of power 1kW when used for one hour.


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