Nullipotent vs. Pluripotent — What's the Difference?

Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.

Relating to or being a cell that is capable of differentiating into cells of any type of tissue except placental tissue.

(biology) Incapable of developing into any cell type; compare pluripotent

(biology) Able to develop into more than one mature cell or tissue type, but not all.