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Tetralogy vs Quadriptych - What's the difference?

tetralogy | quadriptych |

As nouns the difference between tetralogy and quadriptych

is that tetralogy is a set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works they are commonly found in literature, film, or video games while quadriptych is (art) a picture or series of pictures painted on four panels.

tetralogy

English

(wikipedia tetralogy)

Noun

(tetralogies)
  • A set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
  • (medicine) A combination of four symptoms.

    • Synonyms

    * quadrilogy (nonstandard)

    Related terms

    * trilogy (3) * pentalogy (5) * hexalogy (6) * heptalogy (7) * octalogy (8) * ennealogy (9) * decalogy (10) * polylogy (2+)

    quadriptych

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (art) A picture or series of pictures painted on four panels.

    • Related terms

    * triptych * diptych * polyptych