Positive Electricity: Uses, Differences, Repulsion

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Can electricity be positive instead of negative? What differences would it be? Can electricity be used to repel things?
 
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Q1. Yes.
Q2. The particle involved.
Q3. Yes.

Think about it and I (or someone else) will elaborate if needed.
 
For question 1, positive or negative as a term for electricity is a historical accident. Either term could have been used to denote the charge of electrons. It was called negative before people understood the physics behind electric current.