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Anything that is currently moving or giving off energy such as heat, light, or magnetism would be kinetic energy instead.

Things like objects on top of hills, unused batteries, chemicals that haven't been mixed, would all be examples of potential energy. Even steam is an example of potential energy since it has changed to a higher energy state. But as soon as steam does something, causes an injury (scalding), or starts to turn back into water, then it is kinetic energy.

Of course, to blur the lines a bit, something can have both forms of energy at the same time. If you push a cart down a hill, the movement is the kinetic energy, but until it reaches the bottom, then it also has potential energy in the form of gravity.

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