boson vs. fermion

noun

Physics.
  1. any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics: bosons have integral spins: 0, 1, 2, …


noun

Physics.
  1. any particle that obeys the exclusion principle and Fermi-Dirac statistics; fermions have spins that are half an odd integer: 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, …