Electronegativity vs electrochemical series

[Miffymycat]

Carbon is higher in the electrochemical series than hydrogen, which indicates it is more electropositive, but Pauling values show carbon as more electronegative - 2.55 vs 2.2!?

Any reason / explanation for the apparent contradiction? Tried looking for an Eo value for C (should be more negative then -0.76V) but no joy ...

Come to that, Li is less reactive than K, but has a greater Eo ...

Thanks in advance for any replies

 

[Borek]

Carbon is higher in the electrochemical series than hydrogen, which indicates it is more electropositive

This is comparing apples and oranges. There exist some slight correlation, but these are separate scales.