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In the UK it is referred to as earth but in the US is known as ground, no difference.

Grounding is for the protection of equipments from heavy currents due to the occurrence of faults in the system in which they are connected.earthing is done for the protection of operators using the equipments.in this case currents will be well within the normal rated value.

The different between grounding and earthling is that, grounding is the negative point of the power supply output which is connected with the body of the device earthling is the medal point of the power AC plug which is connected between the earth and power supply body.

There is no difference whatsoever. 'Grounding' and 'earthing' are simply American and British terms for exactly the same thing.

The two terms are simply regional variations of the same thing. US uses the term ground, Europe (among others) uses the term earth.
There is no difference. 'Grounding' is the US term, whereas 'earthing' is the British term, for exactly the same thing.

In some cases, Americans refer to an 'earth ground' to differentiate it from a 'chassis ground'.

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