Electrovalency vs. Covalency
Electrovalencynoun
(physics) The net electric charge on an ion.
Electrovalencynoun
(chemistry) The number of electrons gained or lost during the formation of an ionic bond.
Covalencynoun
(chemistry) covalence
Covalencynoun
valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
