1/6/2012 Compare and Contrast molecules and compounds (Taffy Assignment)

The similarities between molecules and compounds, is that a molecule can be an element or a compound. They both have two or more atoms in it. How they are different is that a molecule is two or more atoms chemically joined together. A compound is two or more atoms, which are different, joined together chemically. The properties of the atoms lose their original characteristics and create a new substance called a compound. That is the similarities and differences between molecules and compounds.