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Trilogy vs Trifecta - What's the difference?

trilogy | trifecta |

As nouns the difference between trilogy and trifecta

is that trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games while trifecta is a bet in which the bettor must select the first three placegetters of a race in the order in which they finish.

trilogy

English

(wikipedia trilogy)

Noun

(trilogies)
  • A set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy ’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

    Related terms

    * tetralogy (4) * pentalogy (5) * hexalogy (6) * heptalogy (7) * octalogy (8) * ennealogy (9) * decalogy (10) * polylogy (2+)

    trifecta

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, Australia, New Zealand) A bet in which the bettor must select the first three placegetters of a race in the order in which they finish.
  • * 2006 , Vincent Conti, Thoroughbred Horse Racing Systems and Methodologies , page 9,
    • The conservative player will play the exacta box bet and the occasional trifecta box wager.
  • * 2010 , Leonard A. Asimow, Mark M. Maxwell, Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text , page 10,
    • In a trifecta , you must wager on three horses: the one that finishes first (win), the one that finishes second (place), and the one that finishes third (show) in order.
  • (US, Australia, New Zealand) The attainment of three important achievements, qualities, etc.
  • (US, by extension) A set of three related things, often things that cause problems.
  • * 2007 , Michael Morrison, Head First JavaScript , page 525,
    • Along with runtime errors, two other errors we saw earlier round out the JavaScript bug trifecta : syntax errors, logic errors, and runtime errors.
  • * 2011', Beatriz Scaglia, '' The '''Trifecta of Evil and the Crisis of Faith: Devil, Satan, and Lucifer .
  • * 2011', Markus Horner, '' Consistently Persistent: Living with the Tourette '''Trifecta .
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    • Related terms

    * perfecta * superfecta * quadfecta

    See also

    * exacta