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I believe that electric current is a kind of force (even when we consider it to be opposite to the flow of electrons). If it is so then what is the nature of this force ? And also tell me if there are energy carriers in that constitute this force.

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I believe that electric current is a kind of force

The word force has a very specific meaning in physics. Electric current is not a force.

A force is the phenomenon by which can objects accelerated.

For example, if I push you with my hand, you feel a force. But the force isn't my hand, and it isn't your body. It's not an object at all. It's the "push" itself, not any of the individual objects involved in the push.

Some phenomena in physics produce forces, but the forces are considered as their own thing, separate from the objects that produce them. For example, the Earth produces gravity, which produces a force on you that keeps you from floating off the ground. But that doesn't mean that the Earth is a force.

Similarly, an electric current can produce a force through magnetism on a moving charge or a current-carrying wire. The current can be the source of a force. But that doesn't mean that the current is a force.

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