What is the difference between a diamond and a rhombus?
2 Answers
Rhombus is more "mathematical" term while diamond is more general. But in Geometry they mean the same.
Explanation:
Diamond term is attributed to a shape presented on all cards of the suit "diamonds".
Rhombus comes from Greek and was used by Euclid and Archimedes.
There is no difference
Explanation:
They are exactly the same shape, but usually you encounter them at different ages.
At pre-school level, when learning about shapes, children will use the word 'diamond.' A diamond is generally shown with a vertex at the bottom, so the shape is standing on a point
At the end of primary school or in junior secondary school, students will call the shape a 'rhombus.' A rhombus is generally drawn with a side at the bottom, so the shape appears to be leaning to one side.
In everyday life people will refer to diamond shapes -for window panes or tiles for example, but in a maths and geometry setting we use the name rhombus.
