Difference between Antarctic and Polar

What is the difference between Antarctic and Polar?

Antarctic as an adjective is pertaining to antarctica. while Polar as an adjective is of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the north pole or south pole)

Antarctic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to Antarctica.

Polar

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole)of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poleshaving a dipole; ionicof a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angleHaving but two possible answers, yes and no.

Example sentence: I enjoyed the theatrics and the physical demands of everything that went on in the ring. But I was, initially, a relatively shy kid. I think that's probably what attracted me to hunting is that it was such a polar opposite of the other, and it was that opportunity for peace and quiet and to decompress.

We hope you now know whether to use Antarctic or Polar in your sentence.

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