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Why are all molecules not compounds?

Molecules have two or more joined atoms, and compounds have two or more joined or
loose atoms.
Compounds are a combination of elements and atoms, but molecules are only made of
atoms.
Compounds and molecules are both made up of two or more atoms, but a compound is
made up of at least two different kinds of atoms.
Molecules are the subunits that make up compounds, so they cannot be a compound
themselves

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Answer:

because are both made up of two or more atoms

Step-by-step explanation:

but compound is made up of at least two different kind of atoms

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Answer:

because are both made up of two or more atoms

Step-by-step explanation:

but compound is made up of at least two different kind of atoms

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