No, they are not the same. They are both starches and can be used as thickening agents, but they come from different plants. Each has different thickening capabilities and they have different flavors.
Tapioca flour is the same as tapioca starch. However, potato flour and potato starch are NOT the same.
You can substitute 1 cup of tapioca flour for 1 cup of potato starch.
Tapioca flour is a flavorless, colorless, odorless starch extracted from the root of the plant species Manihot esculenta. This species, native to South America, is now cultivated worldwide and has...
Tapioca starch has similar properties to corn starch. The amylose content of tapioca starch is about the same as corn starch but there are some phosphate groups present in tapioca which I think...