mention two differences between potential due to a point chaerge and potential due to an electric dipole
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The electric potential tells you how much potential energy a single point charge at a given location will have. The electric potential at a point is equal to the electric potential energy (measured in joules) of any charged particle at that location divided by the charge (measured in coulombs) of the particle.
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Electric field due to a point charge diverges away from a positive point charge and converges towards the point charge. The lines of the electric field due to a point charge radiate away from or towards the point charge and the equipotential surfaces are spheres with the location of the point charge as the centre. For a dipole which consists of two point charges, one positive and the other negative, the electric field lines start from the positive charge and end on the negative charge. Unlike a single positive point charge where the electric field lines diverge away from the positive charge and go to infinity, the electric field lines for a dipole do not go to infinity but always end at the negavtive charge.