What is the difference between an aqueous solution and a hydrate?

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Every website I look at says something different and they seem to contradict the bits I think I’m understanding from other websites.

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In a hydrate, the water is stoichiometrically bound in a crystal structure. A fixed amount of water related to the other ions. In a solution, the other ions float around in a random amount of water, with no fixed structure.

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