| A | B |
| Chemical bond | electrostatic attraction |
| Ionic bond | Involves the transfer of electrons between atoms |
| Covalent bond | Involves the sharing of electons between atoms |
| Metallic bond | Involves an abundance of mobile electrons in a material |
| Dipole | Two charges separated by a distance |
| Van der Waals forces | Waek intermolecular forces |
| Hydrogen bond | Very strong dipole-dipole attraction |
| Pure substance | Contains only one kind of atom, molecule or ion |