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In what ways electric and magnetic fields are different?

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(i) Electric field is due to charges at rest as well as in motion, whereas magnetic field is due to a magnet or current through a conductor or by a moving change.
(ii) The strength of electric field at a point decreases with the dielectric medium but the strength of magnetic field increases when a permeable medium is inserted there.
(iii) The electric lines of force representing the electric field do not form closed paths whereas the magnetic lines of force from closed paths.
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