>>13913267Fields are like, the general thing. Waves are the pattern. They can essentially be the same thing if the wave completely describes the field, but that's typically not the case.
Like, think of a single source providing an electromagnetic wave. We could visualize this with a field of vector which represents the xyz coordinates of the wave as it propagates through space. If we add another source to the field, the field no longer describes a wave, it describes two waves and their interactions (and vice versa).
I hope that helps? Think of ocean waves if you have to. The ocean is the field and waves are something in the field. Sometimes waves describe the field almost exactly, often combinations of waves (and other things besides waves) describe the field better.
This is why you'll hear people say 'the wave propagates through space' it basically just means it's propagating through a field.
