Solid have definite shape but liquid do not

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The intermolecular forces of attraction in solids is very strong, due to which the constituting particles are very closely packed, this closed packing in solids give it a definite shape, but in liquids the intermolecular forces are weak, due to which the constituting particles are loosely packed, and hence the liquids do not have a fixed shape.
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