The difference between potato pancakes and latkes is that potato pancakes are thinner than Latkes are.
The Latkes are thicker than potato pancakes are.
Another difference between potato pancakes and latkes is that the Latkes has shreddes potatoes sticking out of the latkes while the Potato pancakes do not.
Both Latkes and Potato Pancakes are made with shredded potatoes and are rounded but they look a bit different.
The potato pancakes and potato Latkes are pretty similar and made of the same ingredients but they are somewhat different.
A potato pancake is more rounded than potato Latkes although both are round.