eli5 difference between quarks and gluons

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eli5 difference between quarks and gluons

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Let’s use this analogy:

You’re with your father & mother, your walking with them holding hands. You probably still do that to show a sign of unity and your connection between the three of you is love.

Those 3 people are quarks, elementary particles that are ‘founding fathers’ of matter in our universe. The connection between the three of you is love, now imagine that on the quantum scale but with particles, that’s what Gluons are. Elementary particles that carry the unity in our analogy, the strong nuclear force.