Bosons are basic particles with integer spins, including photons, gluons, gravitons, W and Z bosons...
Apart from having integer multiples of spins, these bosons share another characteristic: they are all fundamental particles that transmit forces. Among them, the photon is the carrier particle of electromagnetic force, gluons transmit strong force, gravitons transmit gravity, and W and Z bosons are carrier particles of the weak force.
Fermions are somewhat opposite to bosons, with spins being half-odd integers, and all fermions are basic particles that constitute matter, including leptons, electrons, quarks, neutrinos, etc. For example, molecules that we are familiar with are composed of atoms; atoms are made of atomic nuclei and electrons; the nucleus consists of protons and neutrons, which in turn are made up of quarks and neutrinos.
