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Rhombohedron vs Octahedron - What's the difference?

rhombohedron | octahedron |

As nouns the difference between rhombohedron and octahedron

is that rhombohedron is a prism with six faces, each a rhombus while octahedron is a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.

rhombohedron

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A prism with six faces, each a rhombus.

    • 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.

    • Related terms

    * octahedral English nouns with irregular plurals