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prism vs parallelepiped

parallelepiped vs prism

prism and parallelepiped both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prism Yes No No No
parallelepiped Yes No No No
As nouns, parallelepiped is a hyponym of prism; that is, parallelepiped is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prism:
  • prism: a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
  • parallelepiped: a prism whose bases are parallelograms
prism (noun) parallelepiped (noun)
optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image a prism whose bases are parallelograms
a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
Difference between prism and parallelepiped

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