How are static electricity and current electricity alike and different?

- - Static electricity and electric current are both results of the behavior of huge

numbers of electrons.

- - When electrons bunch up and stay in one place, you have static electricity.

- - When electrons flow from one place to another, that's electric current.

Alike - Both have charge; that is, both possess electrons.

Difference - Static electricity is stable; it does not flow. Current is not stable and flows in the medium.