Polarizable vs Polarizing

[Anika Chakrabarti 1A]

What is the difference between "highly polarizable" and "high polarizing power"? They both result in an ionic bond with a greater covalent character.

[Abby Soriano 1J]

They essentially refer to the same concept of ionic compounds having some covalent character; however, "highly polarizable" applies to anions (its electrons are being pulled by the cations) while "high polarizing power" applies to cations (whose positive charge pulls on the electrons of anions).

[Ryan Chang 1C]

Another way to put it is that polarizing power increases among cations from left to right and bottom to top, while polarizability increases from right to left and top to bottom.

[Debora Fernandez Clemente_ 4H]

I am still unsure of what covalent character means, can anyone explain?

[Drake Choi_1I]

Covalent character is a measure of how little a bond is polarized.

[Shutong Hou_1F]

Since in forming covalent bonds, electrons are shared between neighboring atoms, an increase in covalent character means that even though in forming ionic bonds, electrons from the less electronegative atom are taken by the more electronegative atom, the less electronegative atom would actually attract the electrons to the bonding region to some extent.
Anions with large size and rich in electrons are "highly polarizable," because they have highly distorted electrons. Cations with small size and high charges have "high polarizing power," because they have large distortions.

[Kennedi2J]

What's the difference between ionic character and covalent character?