Question

What is the physical interpretation of Electric potential?

Answer 1

Answer:

Positive charge always flows from a higher potential to a lower potential, while negative charge always flows from a lower to a higher potential until the potentials become equal.

We know that a liquid always flows from a higher level to a lower level. Heat also flows from a body at a higher temperature to a body at a lower temperature.

Thus, the electric potential of a conductor is its electric state which determines the direction of the flow of charge when the given conductor is connected to another conductor.