difference between earthing and grounding? Home › Electrical Engineering Forum › General Discussion › difference between earthing and grounding? This topic has 6 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 5 years, 5 months ago by nathan2334. Viewing 7 posts - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) Author Posts 2010/07/12 at 12:59 pm #10190 kundan malaniParticipant diffrent between earthing and grounding? 2010/07/13 at 9:58 am #11335 MatthieuParticipant kundan malani said: diffrent between earthing and grounding? Earthing is used in european electrical installation standards (IEC) Grounding is used in US electrical installation standards (NEC, UL) But both are describing the same idea. For vocabulary question, Electropedia also known as the “IEV Online” (International Electrotechnic vocabulary) is very useful. http://std.iec.ch/iev/iev.nsf/welcome 2010/08/06 at 10:49 am #11345 x-tstParticipant true, by definition is both the same, only in the usage between mostly american and british uses a different wording.. 2010/08/11 at 3:12 pm #11363 electricalexpert65Participant Just different usage of English words by the Americans & the Europeans. 2010/08/21 at 5:41 pm #11384 tassParticipant Ravi2 said: kundan malani said: diffrent between earthing and grounding? Earthing is used in european electrical installation standards (IEC) Grounding is used in US electrical installation standards (NEC, UL) But both are describing the same idea. For vocabulary question, Electropedia also known as the “IEV Online” (International Electrotechnic vocabulary) is very useful. http://std.iec.ch/iev/iev.nsf/welcome Its very useful site,thanks 2010/08/31 at 1:17 pm #11373 ParadiesVogelParticipant As friends said both are the same. NO DOUBT! 2019/04/25 at 9:25 am #20311 nathan2334Participant both are same in some context, grounding is used for under the surface wiring for commercial and domestic purpose, while earthing is used for open wiring standard. Author Posts Viewing 7 posts - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In