difference between chromosome and chromatin?

Question

what are the differences between chromosome and chromatin structurely or etc..

are chromatins considered as chromosome or are they differ in some kind of things?

are chromosomes actually a general name for DNA polypeptide and chromatin is the specific name for chromosome?

Answer 1

Chromosomes are the complete packaging along with the DNA. In some organisms, the chromosome has very little protein packaging and is mostly naked DNA, in others, it is densely packed.

Chromatin, on the other hand specifically refers to the densely packaged DNA that contains histones, which are proteins that the DNA is wrapped around for efficient packing. While chromatin contains both protein and DNA, it refers only to the areas of the chromosome that are densely packed, while the chromosome is the entire thing, even the less dense areas where much of the transcription is taking place.

Answer 2

Chromatin refers to the stainable substance in the protoplasm of the cell neucleus, developing into chromosomes during mitosis.'' Chromosomes refers to theeeeply straining rod, or loop shaped bodies into which the chromatin of the cell neucleus divides during cell division, and which the genes are located.