what is the difference between earth and neutral?

Answer Posted / sonam

some way or the other everybody is correct
but Practically speaking the main difference which u should sy in interviews is that,
Neutral is the return path of current
Earth wire is the path of resultant current/ Fault current.

nothing more

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