One difference: An octahedron has 8 faces, a triangular prism has 5.
An octahedron (="eight faces") is a regular high-symmetry solid with all the faces identical. A triangular prism has a triangular base, a triangular roof, and 3 rectangular sides (walls).
the difference is a triangular pyramid has a point at the top and a triangular prism doesn't and a triangular pyramid has a square at the bottom and tringular prism doesn't
You can have a triangular prism but not a triangular cuboid which is a rectangular shape.
A triangular prism has triangular bases, a heagonal prism has ... you guessed it! ... hexagonal bases.
A Square prism has a square base a triangular has a trianguler base
a triangle is 2D whereas a triangular prism is 3D.
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A rectangular prism has 4 sides, and a triangular prism has three. Its like asking the difference between a Square and a Triangle!
Triangular prism: 2 triangles, 3 rectangles Triangular pyramid: 4 triangles.
A regular tetrahedron. octahedron, dodecahedron.
A triangular prism is a pentahedron, a triangular pyramid is a tetrahedron.
A rectangular prism is a cuboid which has 8 vertices (corners), while a triangular prism has six verticesA triangular prism is like a cylinder but with triangles instead of circlesA rectangular prism is the same
A triangular prism has a uniformed cross-section whereas a rectangular pyramid does not.