Question

Are temperature and thermal energy the same thing?

Answer 1

No.

Thermal energy refers to the amount of heat energy a mass holds.
Temperature refers to how hot a mass is.

* They are related but they are not the same. If the temperature of a mass is increased, the thermal energy of that mass will also increase.

Answer 2

no temp refers to measure of heat and lack of heat thermal energy basically put is dealing with potential/kinetic enrgy within a substance accordingto temperature. like @david111 said they are related but not quite the same concept

Answer 3

thank you both!