Why do liquids have more kinetic ennergy than solids?

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Liquids are less closely packed than solids. They have less force of attractions compared to solids. As a result, the particles in a liquid move faster in terms of vibration, rotation, and translation.
Hence the particles in a liquid have more kinetic energy than the particles in the corresponding solid. Liquids occupy more space and less dense than solids.

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