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A prism can be cut into equal pieces but a pyramid cannot also a prism has 2 bases and a pyramid has 1.

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A prism is formed by moving a figure along a line, it is equally thick all along that line.

A pyramid forms a point.

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Pyramids have 1 base and all the other faces meet at one vertici.

Prisms have 2 bases

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