What is the difference between octagonal and octagon?

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Octagon is a related term of octagonal.

Octagon is a derived term of octagonal.



In geometry terms the difference between octagonal and octagon

is that octagonal is shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles while octagon is a polygon with eight sides and eight angles.

As an adjective octagonal

is shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.

As a noun octagon is

a polygon with eight sides and eight angles.

Other Comparisons: What's the difference?

octagonal

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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  • (geometry) Shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.

    • See also

    * ----

    octagon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles.
  • (martial arts, usually capitalized) The arena for mixed martial arts, particularly as trademarked by the .

    • Related terms

    * octagonal