resting potential vs potential

resting potential and potential both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
resting potential	Yes	No	No	No
potential	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, potential is a hypernym of resting potential; that is, potential is a word with a broader meaning than resting potential:

resting potential: the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse
potential: the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

Other hypernyms of resting potential include electric potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage.

resting potential (noun)	potential (noun)
the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse	the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
	the inherent capacity for coming into being

resting potential (adjective)	potential (adjective)
	existing in possibility
	expected to become or be; in prospect