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Hexagram vs Pentagram - What's the difference?

hexagram | pentagram |

Pentagram is a related term of hexagram.



As nouns the difference between hexagram and pentagram

is that hexagram is a hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles; the Star of David while pentagram is the shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.

hexagram

English

Alternative forms

* hexagramme (rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hollow six-pointed star formed by overlapping two equilateral triangles; the Star of David.
  • Any of the 64 sets of solid and broken lines used for divination in the I Ching.
  • A large silver coin minted during the Byzantine Empire.
  • Synonyms

    * (six-pointed star): Magen David, Star of David

    See also

    * pentagram

    pentagram

    Alternative forms

    * pentagramme

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
  • * 1871 , W. J. C. Miller (editor), Mathematical Questions and Solutions , Volume XV, page 47,
  • Prove that the circles so belonging to the 6 pentagrams formed by 6 lines meet in a point, and so on; the series of theorems being interminable.
  • * 2007 , Christopher Penczak, The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres, and the Witches' Qabalah , page 345,
  • The passive pentagrams' of spirit are drawn first in the quarters of the passive elements—water and earth—and likewise followed by the appropriate traditional elemental ' pentagram .
  • * 2012 , John Barnes, Gems of Geometry , page 59,
  • Four figures involve 12 pentagrams arranged as in the faces of a dodecahedron with their vertices touching.

    Synonyms

    * pentacle * pentalpha * pentangle

    Holonyms

    * pentacle