Arctic vs. Tropical — What's the Difference?

The Arctic ( or ) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Alaska (United States), Canada, Finland, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics

Relating to the regions around the North Pole

Of or involving a trope; figurative.

(of weather conditions) very cold

Of, occurring in, or characteristic of the tropics.

The regions around the North Pole.

Hot and humid; torrid.

A thick waterproof overshoe extending to the ankle or above.

A tropical plant.

A drab-coloured hairy butterfly of the arctic and subarctic regions of the New World.

Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.

Extremely cold; frigid.

From or similar to a hot humid climate.

A warm waterproof overshoe.

(dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative.

Alternative case form of Arctic

(maths) Pertaining to tropical geometry.

Alternative case form of Arctic

A tropical plant.

Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.

Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases.

The arctic circle.

Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.

A warm waterproof overshoe.

Relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator);

The regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole

Of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic;

A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

Characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense

At or near the north pole

Of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics;

Of or relating to the Arctic;

Extremely cold;