Fire and electricity. 2 things that seemed to be very different. Fire burns wood, but is extinguished by water., Meanwhile, electricity destroys water, but is stopped by wood. There are so many differences between them. But, if we see them in a different light, we will find that they have a lot of similarities too.
First, let's define them. What is fire? Fire is essentially heat. And heat is the movement of atoms and molecules inside matter. And, what is electricity? Electricity is the movement of electrons between atoms and molecules. See? We find one similarity. Both of them involve movement. Essentially, they are kinetic energy.
Second, fire has another meaning: combustion. And what is combustion? A chemist will tell you that combustion is the reaction between a substance (usually an organic one) with oxygen. This reaction is classified into the redox class. What is redox? Redox (reduction-oxidation) is a kind of chemical reaction that involves electron transfer, or in other words, electricity. Now we have an interesting relation between them: fire is actually electricity.
That are some of their similarities. See? They are not so different...
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