eli5 difference between quarks and gluons

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eli5 difference between quarks and gluons

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Quarks are elementary particles that make up the hadrons–mesons and baryons.

Gluons are the elementary particles that are exchanged to mediate the strong force which quarks are subject to. This is similar to how an exchange of photons mediates the electromagnetic force.

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