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what is the difference between electricity and current

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Electricity is an important source of energy which is associated with the presence and flow of electric charges.Static and current electricity are the two parts of electricity.
Electrical current is a measure of the amount of electrical charge transferred per unit time. It represents the flow of electrons through a conductive material.

Current is a scalar quantity (though in circuit analysis, the direction of current is relevant).

The SI unit of electrical current is the ampere, defined as 1 coulomb/second.


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