What is the difference between a hydrogen bond and a covalent bond? and Bond prop: Bond's gun

What is the difference between a hydrogen bond and a covalent bond?

I am doing a chapter in inorganic chemistry...is there a trick to learning and understanding all of this? I have a lonnngg way to go! Anyway my question is what is the difference between a hydrogen bond and covalent bond? I read the definitions but they make no sense to me. Any help will be greatly appreciated!! Thanks a lot =)


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A covalent bond is a very strong bond where the atoms are physically sharing the electrons within the bond. Covalent bonds generally take place between two non-metals (to the right of the "staircase" on the periodic table)

A hydrogen bond happens because of the polar nature of the covalent bond that hydrogen makes with oxygen, nitrogen, or fluorine. Since these atoms are highly electronegative (basically, they hog the electrons that they are sharing), they take on a partial negative charge (from the extra electron density). At the same time, the hydrogen that they are bound to takes on a partial positive charge. These partial charges are what form the hydrogen bond.

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