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@zotigapo in quantum physics everything has wave-particle duality. Basically, a given thing can be understood as a wave, with wavelike behaviour and properties (eg. wavelength, interference/diffraction), but it can also be understood as a particle with particle-like behaviour. You could say it's both, depends on how you see it.
Eg. Electrons behave like little charged pellets in that they produce dots on a detector screen (particle) but also as matter waves which can diffract/interfere with stuff (wave).
Light has wavelike behaviour (it shows interference/diffraction, we also commonly talk about wavelength/frequency of light) but it can also be understood as a stream of photons, massless things which exhibit very particle-like behaviour (eg. photoelectric effect).
Everything has wave-particle duality, its just that the waviness of matter doesn't really show itself much at our very large scales, so you don't see footballs diffracting near goalposts or something.
Hope this is less controversial...
joke/meme