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Hello! What is the difference between electrical and electronic products?
Jun 13, 2022 8:49 AM
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Electrical is like electricity in your house. Electrical products are things that use electricity. (Computers, smart phones, curling iron etc) If you have any other vocabulary questions we can go over them in a lesson. I am a native USA English teacher with over 4 years of experience. Talk soon.
June 13, 2022
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From the scientific point of view, I don't suppose there's any difference. However, "electronics" is used more often for sophisticated devices having a great deal of internal complexity (like computers or anything with chips). "Electrical" is used more for things that an electrician might fix: refrigerators, home wiring, lighting, etc. There is no sharp division between the two categories though. Many items that used to be considered electrical now have a significant electronic component. For instance, refrigerators and washing machines now have chips that electricians cannot repair, except by replacement.
June 13, 2022
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There’s not much difference, because all electronic products are electrical, and most electrical products are, at least partly, electronic. I would go for the distinction that items such as electric cookers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, water pumps, irons [for clothes, etc] are electrical, because they use high power electricity for their operations, and electronics only for control functions, while computers and digital televisions, radios, CD players, etc are electronic because most of their circuitry involves low power electronic components.
June 13, 2022
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Electrical deals with the flow of electrical power or charge,Whereas electronics deals with the flow of electrons.
June 13, 2022
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