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Polar vs. Opposite — What's the Difference?

Polar vs. Opposite — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Polar and Opposite

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Polar

Of or relating to a pole.

Opposite

Placed or located directly across from something else or from each other
Opposite sides of a building.

Polar

Measured from or referred to a pole
Polar distance.
Polar diameter.

Opposite

Facing the other way; moving or tending away from each other
Opposite directions.

Polar

Relating to, connected with, or located near the North Pole or South Pole.
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Opposite

Being the other of two complementary or mutually exclusive things
The opposite sex.
An opposite role to the lead in the play.

Polar

Passing over a planet's north and south poles
A polar orbit.

Opposite

Altogether different, as in nature, quality, or significance
The effect of the medication was opposite to that intended.

Polar

Traveling in an orbit that passes over a planet's north and south poles.

Opposite

Sharply contrasting; antithetical
Had opposite views on the subject.

Polar

Serving as a guide, as a polestar or a pole of the earth.

Opposite

Growing in pairs on either side of a stem
Opposite leaves.

Polar

Occupying or characterized by opposite extremes
"In creative territory [they] make a strange yet ineluctable couple, more complementary, even polar, than twin-like" (Josh Rubins).

Opposite

Arranged on the same radius as another part, as stamens and petals.

Polar

Central or pivotal.

Opposite

One that is opposite or contrary to another.

Polar

(Chemistry) Relating to or characterized by a dipole
A polar molecule.

Opposite

An opponent or antagonist.

Polar

Ionizing when dissolved or fused
Polar bonds or linkages.

Opposite

An antonym.

Polar

Of or having a pole or polarity.

Opposite

In an opposite position
They sat opposite at the table.

Polar

(geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.

Opposite

Across from or facing
Parked the car opposite the bank.

Polar

(space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.

Opposite

In a complementary dramatic role to
He played opposite her.

Polar

(chemistry) Having a dipole; ionic.

Opposite

Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road.

Polar

(mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.

Opposite

(botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.

Polar

Having but two possible answers, yes and no.

Opposite

Facing in the other direction.
They were moving in opposite directions.

Polar

(geometry) The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.

Opposite

Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
He is attracted to the opposite sex.

Polar

Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.

Opposite

Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.

Polar

Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed.

Opposite

Something opposite or contrary to something else.

Polar

Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar coördinates.

Opposite

A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
She is the opposite of her ex-boyfriend who abused her both physically and verbally nearly every day for five years. She now works as an advocate and supportive listener for others who have endured abusive relationships.

Polar

The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is called the pole of the line. If the given point lies within the curve so that the two tangents become imaginary, there is still a real polar line which does not meet the curve, but which possesses other properties of the polar. Thus the focus and directrix are pole and polar. There are also poles and polar curves to curves of higher degree than the second, and poles and polar planes to surfaces of the second degree.

Opposite

An opponent.

Polar

Having a pair of equal and opposite charges

Opposite

An antonym.
"Up" is the opposite of "down".

Polar

Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;
In diametric contradiction to his claims
Diametrical (or opposite) points of view
Opposite meanings
Extreme and indefensible polar positions

Opposite

(mathematics) An additive inverse.

Polar

Located at or near or coming from the earth's poles;
Polar diameter
Polar zone
A polar air mass
Antarctica is the only polar continent

Opposite

In an opposite position.
I was on my seat and she stood opposite.
Where's the bus station? -Over there, just opposite.

Polar

Of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles;
Polar regions

Opposite

Facing, or across from.
He lives opposite the pub.

Polar

Extremely cold;
An arctic climate
A frigid day
Gelid waters of the North Atlantic
Glacial winds
Icy hands
Polar weather

Opposite

In a complementary role to.
He played opposite Marilyn Monroe.

Polar

Being of crucial importance;
A pivotal event
Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions
The polar events of this study
A polar principal

Opposite

(television) On another channel at the same time.
The game show Just Men! aired opposite The Young and the Restless on CBS.

Opposite

Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; - often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange; the concert hall and the state theater stood opposite each other on the plaza.

Opposite

Situated on the other end of an imaginary line passing through or near the middle of an intervening space or object; - of one object with respect to another; as, the office is on the opposite side of town; - also used both to describe two objects with respect to each other; as, the stores were on opposite ends of the mall.

Opposite

Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme; antonyms have opposite meanings.

Opposite

Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pleasure opposite to that which is designed in an epic poem.
Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations.

Opposite

Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node.

Opposite

One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist.
The opposites of this day's strife.

Opposite

That which is opposed or contrary in character or meaning; as, sweetness and its opposite; up is the opposite of down.
The virtuous man meets with more opposites and opponents than any other.

Opposite

Two words that express opposing concepts;
To him the opposite of gay was depressed

Opposite

A relation of direct opposition;
We thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true

Opposite

A contestant that you are matched against

Opposite

Something inverted in sequence or character or effect;
When the direct approach failed he tried the inverse

Opposite

Being directly across from each other; facing;
And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm
We lived on opposite sides of the street
At opposite poles

Opposite

Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
Opposite leaves

Opposite

Moving or facing away from each other;
Looking in opposite directions
They went in opposite directions

Opposite

The other one of a complementary pair;
The opposite sex
The two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors

Opposite

Altogether different in nature or quality or significance;
The medicine's effect was opposite to that intended
It is said that opposite characters make a union happiest

Opposite

Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed;
In diametric contradiction to his claims
Diametrical (or opposite) points of view
Opposite meanings
Extreme and indefensible polar positions

Opposite

Directly facing each other;
The two photographs lay face-to-face on the table
Lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street
They sat opposite at the table

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