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Yes. (Note: electromagnet and magnet) The only difference is that an electromagnet is when get a hunk of metal and flow electricity through it getting an electrically produced magnetic field and a normal magnet is a rock (magnetite) that comes with this magnetic field. So, yes. They are just made differently.

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