Difference between Polarity and Sign

What is the difference between Polarity and Sign?

Polarity as a noun is the separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles while Sign as a noun is a visible indication.

Polarity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles either of the two extremes of such attributes The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule.

Sign

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To write one's signature on (a document), thus showing authorship.To give legal consent by writing one's signature.To persuade to sign a contract.To write one's signature somewhere.To give autographs.To communicate using sign language.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A visible indication.A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.A traffic sign.A meaningful gesture.Any of several specialized non-alphabetic symbols.An astrological sign.Positive or negative polarity.A linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.sign language in generalAn omen.A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed by the patient.

Example sentence: An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

We hope you now know whether to use Polarity or Sign in your sentence.

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