HF and HCl dipole?

Hello,

I wanted to ask why HF and HCl are each a dipole?
If you look at the electronegativity difference, they are clearly polar.
But both are symmetrically constructed, so the charge would balance out and it wouldn't be a dipole, right? Or are other factors decisive?
Thanks

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Leonardo0206
1 year ago

Flour is strong electronegative and hydrogen barely, which is why a dipole is produced, since the electrons are more attracted by the float than by the hydrogen.

—> hydrogen Partiell Positive Flour Partiell Negative

Precisely in hydrogen chloride

botanicus
1 year ago

Symmetrical? There is a clearly positive side in both molecules and a clear negative side. How’s that supposed to be?