For the electricity one, I’m guessing you’re thinking of AC, where electrons move back and forth instead of continuously. But DC current does actually involve electrons moving continuously in one direction. Even a DC transformer is theoretically a thing, though I’ve never known one to be used as a transformer (usually a similar thing is used for electrical isolation, but it’s a similar idea under the hood).
Or you’re making the distinction that electrons don’t move through a conductor, they move along (the outside) of a conductor (mostly).
Mostly the second, along with the fact that it’s the overall field (EM force) that induces movement along the outside, not a flow of water-like electrons through the physical material that results in electricity.
For the electricity one, I’m guessing you’re thinking of AC, where electrons move back and forth instead of continuously. But DC current does actually involve electrons moving continuously in one direction. Even a DC transformer is theoretically a thing, though I’ve never known one to be used as a transformer (usually a similar thing is used for electrical isolation, but it’s a similar idea under the hood).
Or you’re making the distinction that electrons don’t move through a conductor, they move along (the outside) of a conductor (mostly).
Mostly the second, along with the fact that it’s the overall field (EM force) that induces movement along the outside, not a flow of water-like electrons through the physical material that results in electricity.