Similarities between the two main types of bonding; ionic and covalent?
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They're not really similar at all. Covalent is when an electron is shared by two atoms. Ionic occurs when one atom is much more electronegative than the other and actually strips the other atom of one or more electrons. The resulting difference in charge causes the two to be attracted and form a bond.
Both of them are ways to connect atoms.
Both involve electrons.
They are both similar in that they form strong interactions between two or more atoms/compounds (covalent is the stronger of the two).
They are similar in that the driving force behind forming the bond is an end result where the outermost electron shells are completely full. They differ in how this happens. In an ionic bond, one element gives up all the electrons in its outermost shell and another element gets them all. In a covalent bond, two elements share electrons to fill up the outer shell in each.
They are two extreme forms of bonding.
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