Assuming you're in the norther hemisphere, they are the same.

Your latitude is exactly equal to the

altitude of the the pole star. Someone one at the very top of the Earth, with a latitude of 90 degrees
would see the pole star as directly above them, which corresponds to an altitude of 90 degrees. If you're
latitude is 45 degrees, then the pole star appears at an altitude of 45 degrees. Simple as that.

6.16 - Understand the apparent motion of circumpolar stars, including upper transit (culmination) and
lower transit. Culmination is when a star (or other body) reaches the observer's meridian. A star will do
this twice each day. Upper Culmination is at its the highest point.

The apparent motion of celestial objects in the sky around the pole is shown by the ... and Cassiopeia are
examples of star groups in the north circumpolar zone. Only from a sufficiently high vantage point will
the pole star be visible. The reverse occurs as one flies south of the Equator. The south celestial pole
rises higher in the sky, and all the stars inside an increasingly broad circle centered on it become
circumpolar around it.