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Polarity vs Electronegativity - What's the difference?

polarity | electronegativity |

As nouns the difference between polarity and electronegativity

is that polarity is the separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles while electronegativity is the tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds.

polarity

English

(wikipedia polarity)

Noun

(polarities)
  • The separation, alignment or orientation of something into two opposed poles.
  • Either of the two extremes of such attributes.
  • (chemistry) The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule.

    • electronegativity

    English

    Noun

    (electronegativities)
  • the tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds

    • Related terms

    * electronegative * electropositivity

    See also

    * Pauling scale * Mulliken scale