Every rectangle is a parallelogram.
The description of a parallelogram is:
-- a figure that lies in a single plane
-- it has four sides
-- opposite sides are parallel
-- opposite sides have equal lengths
-- alternate angles are equal
Every rectangle satisfies this description.
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The width of a rectangle is the same as one of its sides. That is not [usually] the case for a parallelogram.
Rhombus is to parallelogram as square is to rectangle. I hope this simple analogy helps
A rectangle has two sets of two opposite sides of equal length - as does a parallelogram.
A rectangle is a parallelogram but a parallelogram is not a rectangle. A rectangle needs all 90 degree angles but a parallelogram dosnt.
A rectangle is a parallelogram but a parallelogram need not be a rectangle and so they are not the same.