NO, they are different, iodide is only one atom and pottasium is the product when you react pottasium and iodine
I think it could be obtained by the single displacement rxn : K3I + Cu ---> K + Cu3I2
Potassium iodide is ionic.
Potassium iodide is KI (K+ and I-)
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