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A polygon is any figure that can be subdivided into triangles, which means that it has to have straight sides. A quadrilateral has straight sides, but exactly four of them. Squares, rectangles, parallelograms are all quadrilaterals and polygons.
A polygon has 3 or more sides whereas quadrilaterals are 4 sided polygons

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A polygon is a closed plane shape that is bounded by straight sides. A polygon can have three or more sides - up to infinitely many of them. A quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides.

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