Apex vs Triangle - What's the difference?

In geometry terms the difference between apex and triangle

is that apex is the topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation) while triangle is a polygon with three sides and three angles.

As nouns the difference between apex and triangle

is that apex is the highest point of something while triangle is a polygon with three sides and three angles.

As a proper noun Triangle is

the area comprising the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Used with "the" except when attributive.

apex

English

Noun

(en-noun)

The highest point of something.

the apex of the building

(label) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.

the apex of civilization

* 2002 , , WIGU adventures

It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.

(label) The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).

The pointed end of something.

# The lowest part of the human heart.

# The deepest part of a tooth's root.

(label) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.

(label) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.

(label) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.

The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

(label) A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.

(label) A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates .

Synonyms

* (highest point) peak, top, summit * acme, culmination, height, peak, pinnacle * (pointed end) end, tip * See also

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triangle

English

Noun

(en noun)

(geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.

(music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.

(cue sports) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.

A love triangle.

* 2009 , Neil McDonald, Quadrant , November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104:

One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.

(systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.

A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.

(historical) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment.

Synonyms

* (polygon) trigon (rare) * (love triangle) love triangle, * See also

Derived terms

* acute-angled triangle * acute triangle * anal triangle * Bermuda Triangle * black triangle * circular triangle * cyclic triangle * Devil's Triangle * equilateral triangle * eternal triangle * femoral triangle * golden triangle * Golden Triangle * isosceles triangle * love triangle * North Atlantic Triangle * obtuse-angled triangle * obtuse triangle * Pascal's triangle * Polynesian Triangle * pubic triangle * Reuleaux triangle * right-angled triangle * right triangle * scalene triangle * set triangle * Sierpinski triangle * spherical triangle * star-triangle relation * Sunni Triangle * triangle choke * triangle inequality * triangle offense * triangle piercing * triangle test * triangle wave * triangular * triangular distribution * triangular function * triangular prism * triangulate * triangulation

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