What's the difference between a cation and an anion

Cation - positively charged

Anion - negatively charged

Cation and Anions attract to form bonds of a variety of types

Both Cations and Anions are both Ions. But, the differences between these ions is the net electrical charge of the ion.

Basically, the difference is that a Cation and positively charged, while an Anion is negatively charged.