Differentiate between the following: Potential and actual resources

Potential resources	Actual resources
Potential resources are those whose entire quantity may not be known and these are not being used at present .	Actual resources are those resources whose quantity is known. These resources are being used in the present.
The uranium found in Ladakh is an example of potential resource that could be used in the future.	The rich deposits of coal in Ruhr region of Germany is an actual resource.