Question

6. What is the difference between a substance that is being oxidised and an oxidising agent?

Answer 1

Oxidizing agent gains electron
Substance being oxidized loses electron

Answer 2

Oxidation is loss of electrons. When a substance is oxidised if looses some of its electrons.
An Oxidising Agent is a substance that undergoes Reduction (reduction is gain of electrons), and in the process can be used to oxidise another substance.

The oxidising agent is itself reduced, whereas a reducing agent is itself oxidised as the electrons are passed form one substance to the other.

Answer 3

Thank you :)

Answer 4

The terminology is clunky here but its not too complicated, it's a bit like the difference between a employee and an employer