A triangular prism has two congruent triangular bases in parallel planes and three rectangular faces joining them together.
A triangular pyramid has four triangular faces, a triangular base and three triangular faces meeting at an apex above the base.
Triangular prism: 6 vertices, 5 faces, 9 edges
Triangular pyramid: 4 vertices, 4 faces, 6 edges
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The base of a triangular prism is a triangle and the base of a square pyramid is a square.
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A triangular pyramid has one base, a triangle, and 3 sides, also triangles, meeting at one point, the vertex, at the top. A triangular prism has two parallel bases which are triangles, but the sides are rectangles that connect the two triangular bases.
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A triangular prism.