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Patio vs Quadrangle - What's the difference?

patio | quadrangle |

As nouns the difference between patio and quadrangle

is that patio is courtyard while quadrangle is (geometry) a geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.

patio

English

(wikipedia patio)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
  • An inner courtyard typical of traditional Spanish houses.

    • Derived terms

    * patio doors * patio furniture

    See also

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    quadrangle

    English

    (wikipedia quadrangle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
  • A courtyard which is quadrangular.
  • * 1959 , , chapter 7,
    • I looked up from my desk and saw that suddenly there were big flakes twirling down into the quadrangle , settling on the carefully pruned shrubbery bordering the crosswalks, the three elms still holding many of their leaves, the still-green lawns.
  • The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.
  • * 1959 , , chapter 13,
    • The quadrangle surrounding the Far Common was never considered absolutely essential to the Devon School.

    Synonyms

    * (geometry) quadrilateral, 4-gon, tetragon

    Hyponyms

    * (geometry) rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid