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is magnetism a property of magnetic materials or magnets? do magnetic materials produce magnetic fields?

I know that magnets attract and repel magnetic materials, magnetic materials are affected by magnets. so when a magnet attracts an nail, the magnet is, well,the magnet, and the nail is the magnetic material. But I‘m confused about the term magnetism. When I looked it up on dictionary it said magnetism are the properties of attraction possessed by magnets But when I searched on pedia, the definition came out to be Magnetism is a property of materials that respond at an atomic or subatomic level to an applied magnetic field. so what creates magnetism? magnetic materials or magnets? and also I know that magnets create magnetic fields, but do magnetic materials also? I‘m also confused about the term magnetize, When you magnetize something do you make it into a magnet or a magnetic material?thanks a lot!

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Every atom of iron is a tiny magnet. Same with Cobalt, Nickel, and Neodyneum. NOT everything made of iron is a magnet, because the material cooled from molten with its magnetic domains all misaligned and scattered. Magnetized iron is cooled from molten in the background of a magnetic field from another magnet. The existing magnetic field aligns the magnetic domains, and causes the entire object to be a magnet. The fundamental cause of magnetism is the interaction of charged particles that are MOVING relative to one another. It is a manifestation of the same force (electromagnetism) as the electrostatic attraction and repulsion, but it isn't the same manifestation (it is a different branch of the same tree). Quantitative answers to what magnetism is caused by the moving charges charges is a topic for another day. Wait until you are in college physics.
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