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An element is such as oxygen, or nitrogen etc.,

A compound is a chemical combination between atoms of different elements, e.g. water (H2O) is a compound, because it contains two different elements.

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An element is a pure substance made of only one type of atom, such as oxygen or hydrogen. A compound is a substance made of two or more elements chemically combined in a fixed ratio, like water (H2O) or table salt (NaCl).

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A compound contains different elements in the same molecule.

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