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Octahedron vs Tetrahedron - What's the difference?

octahedron | tetrahedron |

In geometry terms the difference between octahedron and tetrahedron

is that octahedron is a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids while tetrahedron is a polyhedron with four faces; the regular tetrahedron, the faces of which are equal equilateral triangles, is one of the Platonic solids.

octahedron

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.

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    tetrahedron

    English

    (wikipedia tetrahedron)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (geometry) a polyhedron with four faces; the regular tetrahedron, the faces of which are equal equilateral triangles, is one of the Platonic solids.

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