A tetrahedron is a polyhedron with four triangular faces, while a triangular prism is a polyhedron with two triangular faces and three rectangular faces. The main difference between the two shapes is their number of faces and their base shapes. Additionally, a tetrahedron has four vertices and six edges, while a triangular prism has six vertices and nine edges.
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A tetrahedron has four faces, all triangles
A triangular prism has five faces, two triangles at the end joined by rectangles.
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 triangular prism has triangular bases, a heagonal prism has ... you guessed it! ... hexagonal bases.
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A rectangular prism has 4 sides, and a triangular prism has three. Its like asking the difference between a Square and a Triangle!
Triangular prism: 2 triangles, 3 rectangles Triangular pyramid: 4 triangles.