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Write one sentence describing the similarity between elements and compounds, and one sentence describing the difference between elements and compounds.

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The difference is, Elements are pure substances made up of the same types of atoms and Compounds are elements with different atoms that are combined together in a fixed ratio.
The similarity is that both compounds and elements are made of atoms and sometimes molecules.
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The similarities between elements and compounds is that they need each other to combine and do there come , a element is
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