2006-06-11 10:58:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Square is a quadrilateral with four right angles and all four sides of equal length.
Rhombus is a parallelogram with all sides equal.
Basically if you take the square and push the opposite corners in opposite directions, you will get a Rhombus
2006-06-11 11:09:37 · answer #1 · answered by Sherman81 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A square is a rhombus, but a rhombus is not necessarily a square.
A square is also a rectangle (4 congruent angles, all 90 degrees). A rhombus has four equal sides and two pairs of opposite congruent angles.
Because it is a rectangle, the diagonals of a square are also congruent (same length). That's not true of every rhombus.
2006-06-11 11:08:20 · answer #2 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matt, great question, usually a rhombus or as we called him in college the BMOC gets to all the parties, has most of the girls and is usually a jock and handsome, in addition to being rich and driving a great car. The other side of the coin is the square, usually a nerdy type of fellow, disheveled, studious, not too party friendly, wingtip shoes and no fun to be around, does not understand common sense but can do a Rubik's cube in ten seconds and who cares. I would rather be a rhombus than a square.
You know I just realized you were talking about the mathematical difference and I really don't know.....sorry
2006-06-11 11:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A square has 4 equal length sides...A rhombus has 4 sides of varying lengths &, therefor, varying angles.
A rhombus can be a square, but a square cannot be a rhombus.
2006-06-11 11:02:52 · answer #4 · answered by AlbertaGuy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rhombus is a quadrilateral ( 4 sided convex polygon ) with all sides having the same length. A square is a rhombus with all interior angles equal ( all right angles ).
Squares are "rhombuses", but there are rhombuses which are not squares, the same way that there are rectangles that are not squares.
2006-06-18 06:17:34 · answer #5 · answered by AnyMouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A SQUARE is a RHOMBUS, but...listen:
a SQUARE is a four sided figure with equal side lengths and angle degrees.
a RHOMBUS is a four sided figure with equal side lengths but it has to have different angle degrees.
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2006-06-11 11:05:43 · answer #6 · answered by R.K. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a square must have 90° angles. not a requirement for a rhombus.
2006-06-11 11:01:23 · answer #7 · answered by Gabrielle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a rhombus has slanted sides so all the angles arent the same. A square angles are all the same
2006-06-11 11:01:25 · answer #8 · answered by coolpowwow80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhombuses have oppisite angles that are congruent, perpendicular diagonels, congruent sides, and adjacent angles add to 180 degrees. A square is the same but with parallel and congruent sides.
2006-06-11 13:51:56 · answer #9 · answered by angelsfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a square is right angled
2006-06-11 11:01:59 · answer #10 · answered by muslima 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋