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When particle physicists said interaction, I interpreted it as force.

So, when I heard that elementary particles interact with the Higgs field, which confers them with mass, I thought this must be a force as well. But, particle physicists make it clear that there are only four fundamental forces. So is the Higgs force the fifth force?

I checked up on some more information. So, if interaction with Higgs field, flips the chirality of a lepton, then surely this chirality flipping force is the fifth fundamental force, is it not?

Edit: Though the linked question is similar to my question, the answers there are a bit too technical for me. Even the question is worded in a more mature way. There is no way I can understand the answers there.

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    Possible duplicate of Why isn't Higgs coupling considered a fifth fundamental force? – knzhou Mar 01 '18 at 13:37
  • "This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, *please ask a new question*." Isn't that what this person tried to do? The answers for the other question didn't fully address their question (and they said as much in their question) so they asked a new question here. So why lock the question? How does someone resolve this to get an answer that is acceptable to them? – Kevin Fegan May 28 '18 at 00:32

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