There is only one cube shape and it is called a cube or a regular hexahedron.
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they are both 3D but different shapes
No, a cube is a cube and a rectangular prism is a rectangular prism. They are two different shapes.
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Polygonal (2-d) shapes get their (not there) names from the number of sides; polyhedra (3-d) shapes get their names from the number of faces.The names of other shapes: circles, ellipses, torus, cardioid etc have different origins.
They are totaly differant shapes all together. A cube is like a 3D square, a rectangular prism is like a 3D rectangle.