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Voltage, otherwise known as electrical potential difference (denoted ∆V and measured in volts) is the difference in electric potential between two points (adapted from Wikipedia). Voltage can be constant (DC) or varying (AC).
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What is the difference between Voltage and Voltage Drop?
Voltage is the electric potential difference.
Voltage Drop is the decrease of electrical potential.
So what's the difference? Is it that Voltage Drop only refers to a negative voltage? … Also, just to be clear that I'm understanding voltage correctly, this article uses "voltage difference" incorrectly, right? (Since voltage is the difference). …