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human
What are the differences between waves?

I hear sound waves, I see light waves, and I would feel micro waves if they were in a high enough concentration. So what is the difference between then?
gpt
Light waves and microwaves are the same, just at different wavelengths. They are both examples of electromagnetic waves.

Sound waves are just the motions of compressed air. A vibrating object will cause the air around it to compress and then decompress as it moves towards the air and then away.

We call things "waves" if they obay the mathematical "wave equation" which you can google. It is a partial differential equation that relates how quickly things are changing in space are connected to how quickly things are changing in time.

It turns out the intensity of light and how light moves follows the same rules as the volume of sound and how sound moves. Just with a different underlying thing changing (air pressure or strength of electric fields) and different speeds. But the math for both work the same so we call them both waves.