what's the difference between the arctic and the antarctic?

I know there is a more detailed discription, but the best I can remember is that the term Arctic means "over water" and Antarctic means "not over water"(it covers a land mass). I remember reading it somewhere and wish I remembered it verbatim

Dey both cold, man! Arctic is the northern pole of Earth and Antarctic is the Southern pole.

It's the difference between arc and antarc, as in Atlas and Antiatlas.. the same but different. Antarctica is a land mass even though much of it is buried under snow and ice. The Arctic is just frozen ocean, with no land mass. So I guess that would be a main difference; they are both pretty chilly at times, long days and nights.

Actually - the arctic is the area around the North Pole, and the anrarctic is the area around the South Pole.

You know those circles at the top and bottom of the globe? That's them.

Antarctica is the continent.

arctic is the north pole, antarctic is the south pole.

hey genius, the artic is the north pole, u kno, where santa lives, and the anartic is the southpole, which is way colder than the northpole!

there's no ants in the arctic

12429.91 miles (20004 km) on the surface, 7900 miles (12720 km) in a straight line.

One is cold, the other is colder.