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What is the difference between geometry and trigonometry?

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Trigonometry is a related term of geometry.



As nouns the difference between geometry and trigonometry

is that geometry is the branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships while trigonometry is the branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles and the calculations based on them, particularly the trigonometric functions.

geometry

Noun

  • (mathematics, uncountable) the branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships
  • (mathematics, countable) a type of geometry with particular properties
  • spherical geometry
  • (countable) the spatial attributes of an object, etc.
  • Holonyms

    * mathematics

    Derived terms

    * absolute geometry * affine geometry * algebraic geometry * analytic geometry * chronogeometry * combinatorial geometry * descriptive geometry * differential geometry * elementary geometry * elliptic geometry * Euclidean geometry * finite geometry * fractal geometry * geometry of numbers * hyperbolic geometry * hypergeometry * non-Euclidean geometry * projective geometry * Riemannian geometry * spherical geometry * taxicab geometry * tropical geometry

    trigonometry

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia trigonometry)
  • (mathematics) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles and the calculations based on them, particularly the trigonometric functions.