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1. What is the basic difference between a theory and a law
in science?
The differences, if any, are minor and not worth worrying
about. Scientists use words like rule, law, equation,
identity, principle, formula, algorithm, etc.
almost interchangeably, to describe the process for making
predictions (although there are slight variations in connotations).