A square is a quadrilateral with four equal sides and four right angles. A rectangle also has four right angles but has two pairs of opposite sides of different lengths. Therefore, a square is a special type of rectangle where all four sides are of equal length.

1. Differences between a
square and a rectangle.
Date: 22nd of November, 2013

2. Square
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A square is a quadrilateral with all four
angles right angles and all four sides of
the same length. Thus a square is a
special kind of rectangle, it is one where
all the sides are the same length.
A square

3. Rectangle

A rectangle is a quadrilateral with all four
angles right angles. It follows form this
that the opposite sides are parallel and of
the same length.
A Rectangle.

4. Differences

In a rectangle the two pairs of opposite
sides are of different lengths.
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But in a square the four sides are of
equal length.