Pyramids vs. Prisms

Difference Between Pyramids and Prisms
Pyramidsnoun
A solid figure with a polygonal base and triangular faces that meet at a common point.
Prismsnoun
A solid figure whose bases or ends have the same size and shape and are parallel to one another, and each of whose sides is a parallelogram.
Pyramidsnoun
Something shaped like this polyhedron.
Prismsnoun
A transparent body of this form, often of glass and usually with triangular ends, used for separating white light passed through it into a spectrum or for reflecting beams of light.
Pyramidsnoun
A massive monument of ancient Egypt having a rectangular base and four triangular faces culminating in a single apex, built over or around a crypt or tomb.
Prismsnoun
A cut-glass object, such as a pendant of a chandelier.
Pyramidsnoun
Any of various similar constructions, especially a four-sided Mesoamerican temple having stepped sides and a flat top surmounted by chambers.
Prismsnoun
A crystal form consisting of three or more similar faces parallel to a single axis.
Pyramidsnoun
The transactions involved in pyramiding stock.
Prismsnoun
A medium that misrepresents whatever is seen through it.
Pyramidsnoun
(Anatomy) A structure or part suggestive of a pyramid in shape.
Pyramidsverb
To place or build in the shape of a pyramid.
Pyramidsverb
To build (an argument or thesis, for example) progressively from a basic general premise.
Pyramidsverb
To speculate in (stock) by making a series of buying and selling transactions in which paper profits are used as margin for buying more stock.
Pyramidsverb
To assume the shape of a pyramid.
Pyramidsverb
To increase rapidly and on a widening base.
Pyramidsverb
To pyramid stocks.
Pyramidsnoun
The game of pyramid pool.