Talk:Potential Energy Manipulation/@comment-31908363-20180704151816

Energy is the capacity to do work.

Potential energy is the potential to do work.

Work (in general, not just mechanical/force-related work) is action for accomplishing reaction.

Reaction is effect produced in response to the performance of an action.

Effect is change to the status of a system, due to some cause (performed action).

A system is an assemblage of interrelated properties; an entity in other words.

An entity is anything that has an actualised or potentialised existence; is or has potential to be real.

Just wanted to note those definitions. Why, there isn't a reason why other than "just felt like it".