Let D be either or ℂ , and let J be either [0, 1] or ℝ + , so that D = J × , where is the unit circle in ℂ . We set H for any weighted Hilbert space L 2 (D, d ) , with the probability measure d (z) = (|z|)dA(z) , where dA(z) = 1 dxdy , z = x + iy , and whose radial weight function ∶ D → ℝ + is such that the linear span of the monomials z p z q , for all p, q ∈ ℤ + , is dense in H . We develop a unified approach to the characterization of the polyanalytic and anti-polyanalytic function spaces on such H . We do this in two different ways. The first one is based on the use of the orthonormal basis in H , while the second one is based on the use of the operators z and zI , and thus does not depend on a specific space H in question. Several examples illustrating and developing the results for specific spaces H are given.