Difference between Polemics and Controversial

POLEMICS vs CONTROVERSIAL: NOUN

Plural form of polemic.
The refutation of errors in theological doctrine
The art or practice of making arguments or controversies
The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy.
The art or practice of disputation; controversy; specifically, that branch of theology which is concerned with the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy: the word more particularly denotes offensive as distinguished from defensive controversy: opposed to irenics.
The practice of theological controversy to refute errors of doctrine.
The art or practice of argumentation or controversy.
The branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors

Of or pertaining to controversy; characterized by or connected with disputation; disputatious: as, a controversial discourse.

Rhetoric, Revisionism, Diatribes, Moralizing, Sloganeering, Sensationalism, Discourse, Demagoguery, Disputes, Contentions, Arguments, Controversies, Debates, Controversial, Polemical

Objectionable, Dubious, Provocative, Problematic, Thorny, Controversy, Divisive, Arguable, Moot, Polemic, Polemical, Disputable, Disputed, Debatable, Contentious

Judeophobia, Didacticism, Invective, Hyperbole, Reactionism, Rhetoric, Revisionism, Diatribes, Moralizing, Discourse, Demagoguery, Disputes, Contentions, Controversial, Polemical

Objectionable, Dubious, Provocative, Problematic, Thorny, Controversy, Divisive, Arguable, Moot, Polemic, Polemical, Disputable, Disputed, Debatable, Contentious

Steve Bannon and controversial counterterrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka.
The action will have highly controversial environmental effects.
Does he still stand by his controversial suggestions?
Mulick, Controversial therapies for autism and intellectual disabilities.
What we call ourselves can also be controversial.
These two verses are arguably the most controversial ones in the Pentateuch and certainly the most controversial in Leviticus.
Because the natural right of property was controversial, so the administration of any substantive constraint along these lines was bound to be controversial.
Representative of differing viewpoints on controversial subjects Students have the right to information on both sides of a controversial issue.
Stevens was a controversial governor in his time, and has become more controversial in retrospect.
Academic research meets practice: Why controversial results are not controversial.