What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Delta vs Triangle - What's the difference?

delta | triangle |

As nouns the difference between delta and triangle

is that delta is the fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ while triangle is a polygon with three sides and three angles.

As proper nouns the difference between delta and triangle

is that delta is a CDP in Alabama while Triangle is the area comprising the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Used with "the" except when attributive.

As an acronym DELTA

is Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults, an advanced qualification to teach English, higher than the CELTA, accredited by the University of Cambridge.

delta

English

(wikipedia delta)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet .
  • A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
  • The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
  • (mathematics) The symbol .
  • (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect, compare with epsilon.
    • This will slow the main code path down, but only by delta .
  • (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
    • When you update the file, the system will only save the deltas .
  • (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
  • A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.

    • Derived terms

    * delta connection * delta iron * delta metal * delta particle * delta wing

    See also

    * deltoid *

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    triangle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.
  • (music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
  • (cue sports) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
  • A love triangle.
  • * 2009 , Neil McDonald, Quadrant , November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104:
    • One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.
  • (systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
  • A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
  • (historical) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment.

    • Synonyms

    * (polygon) trigon (rare) * (love triangle) love triangle, * See also

    Derived terms

    * acute-angled triangle * acute triangle * anal triangle * Bermuda Triangle * black triangle * circular triangle * cyclic triangle * Devil's Triangle * equilateral triangle * eternal triangle * femoral triangle * golden triangle * Golden Triangle * isosceles triangle * love triangle * North Atlantic Triangle * obtuse-angled triangle * obtuse triangle * Pascal's triangle * Polynesian Triangle * pubic triangle * Reuleaux triangle * right-angled triangle * right triangle * scalene triangle * set triangle * Sierpinski triangle * spherical triangle * star-triangle relation * Sunni Triangle * triangle choke * triangle inequality * triangle offense * triangle piercing * triangle test * triangle wave * triangular * triangular distribution * triangular function * triangular prism * triangulate * triangulation

    External links

    * (Triangle) * *

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----