They both have right angels and also have 4 sides
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A rectangle is defined as: A quadrilateral with two sets of congruent sides. Therefore, a square is a TYPE of rectangle. Rectangles and squares belong to the set of parallelograms, so they have all properties of a parallelogram. A rectangle is an equiangular parallelogram, while a square is an equilateral and equiangular parallelogram. Thus, a square is a rectangle.
They both have four sides, four right angles, and two pairs of parallel sides. They differ in that the rectangle has two long sides and two short sides, while for the square, all of the sides are the same length. Having said that, a square is a special kind of rectangle.
A square shares the following properties with both, a rhombus and a rectangle: Four straight sides, Two pairs of opposite sides equal, Two pairs of opposite angles equal, Diagonals that bisect one another, Rotational symmetry of order 2. There are others that is shares with one but not the other.
a square has all 4 sides equal whereas a rectangle has two short and two long. also a square has 4 lines of symmetry and a rectangle only has two. hope that helps!
All angles in both are perpendicular and both have two sets of parallel sides