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Infrared and X-ray are alike, in that both of them are electromagnetic waves, albeit different.

Electromagnetic waves are "a phenomenon that takes the form of self-propagating waves in vacuum or in matter." (Wikipedia article)

They are both parts of the Electromagnetic spectrum (Wikipedia article)

The difference between the different wave of the spectrum is their wavelength ."The distance over which the waves shape repeats." (Wikipedia article)

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