Define : (i)Conductor (ii)Semiconductor

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Conductor: It contains large no. of free electrons at room temperature. the valence band and conduction band overlap with each other. 

Semiconductor: A substance for which the forbidden energy gap is relatively small than insulator i.e in order of 1 eV.

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