both have lateral face shapes that are riangles
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the difference is a triangular pyramid has a point at the top and a triangular prism doesn't and a triangular pyramid has a square at the bottom and tringular prism doesn't
A square pyramid has 5 vertices. A triangular prism has 6 vertices.
the trianagular pyramid has 5 faces the triangular prism has 6 faces
A square based pyramid has 4 triangular faces and 1 square face.
A Triangular Based pyramid is acutally a 'TETRAHEDRON'. A Solid object with four triangular faces. A Pyramid has a SQUARE Base and four triangular faces. Making for five(5) faces in total. Neither are prisms.