Hexagram vs Pentagram - What's the difference?
hexagram | pentagram |
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.
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,
* 2007 , Christopher Penczak, The Temple of High Witchcraft: Ceremonies, Spheres, and the Witches' Qabalah ,
* 2012 , John Barnes, Gems of Geometry ,
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
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Alternative forms
* hexagramme (rare)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (six-pointed star): Magen David, Star of DavidSee also
* pentagrampentagram
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(wikipedia pentagram)Alternative forms
* pentagrammeNoun
(en noun)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.
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 .
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- Four figures involve 12 pentagrams arranged as in the faces of a dodecahedron with their vertices touching.