Ac Circuit Vs Dc Circuit. In direct current dc the electric charge current only flows in one direction. In your wall sockets you have ac.
The device that converts ac to dc is called rectifier while the device that converts dc to ac is called inverter. Ac is a current that alternates its direction. In direct current dc the electric charge current only flows in one direction.
Ac vs dc comes down to how the current flows.
For example a battery provides direct current. Both ac and dc describe types of current flow in a circuit. In the land of electricity another word for direction is polarity. In the ac circuit the power factor is always from zero 0 to one 1.