Circular vs Triangular - What's the difference?
circular | triangular |
Of or relating to a circle.
In the shape of, or moving in a circle.
* , chapter=5
, title= Circuitous or roundabout.
Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.
Distributed to a large number of persons.
* Hallam
(obsolete) Perfect; complete.
* Massinger
(archaic) Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior.
* Dennis
A printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution; a flyer
In administration, a circular letter
(dated) A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
Shaped like a triangle.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Of, or pertaining to, triangles.
Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.
Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.
As adjectives the difference between circular and triangular
is that circular is of or relating to a circle while triangular is shaped like a triangle.As a noun circular
is a printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution; a flyer.circular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
- circular reasoning
- Your dictionary defines "brave" as "courageous", and "courageous" as "brave". That's a circular definition.
- a circular formula in a spreadsheet
- a proclamation of Henry III., doubtless circular throughout England
- A man so absolute and circular / In all those wished-for rarities that may take / A virgin captive.
- Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido?
Derived terms
* circular file * circularity * circular sawNoun
(en noun)See also
* advertisement * booklet * brochure * catalogue, catalog * flier, flyer * handbill, hand bill * junk mail * leaflet * pamphlet ----triangular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].}}