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No, a parallelogram is not always a square, but a square is a parallelogram.
No, a parallelogram is not necessarily square.However, by definition, a square is always a parallelogram.
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A square is a parallelogram a parallelogram isn't always a square. The definition of parallelogram is a closed shape with two parallel sides. So a rectangle is a parallelogram and so is a square and a rombus. The definition of square is shape with four equal sides.
A parallelogram, by definition, just needs to have 2 pairs of parallel sides. A square has this. A square has 4 congruent sides and 4 right angles, therefore, a square is a parallelogram but a parallelogram isn't a square. Hope it helps!