Difference between Quadrate and Square

What is the difference between Quadrate and Square?

Quadrate as an adjective is having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. while Square as an adjective is shaped like a square (the polygon).

Quadrate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. Squared; suited; correspondent.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. The quadrate bone.

Square

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees.An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.An open space in a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.Anything, such as tiles or cut pieces of material, primarily defined by being square in shape.The second power of a number, value, term or expression.A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950sThe symbol # on a telephone; hash.The central area of a cricket field, containing several pitches laid out next to one another - only one being used at a time.A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.A mortarboardA square meal.A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else.To resolve.Of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same [[area] as.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Shaped like a square (the polygon).At right angles to.Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.Honest; straightforward.Fair.Socially conventional; boring.in line with the batsman's popping crease.Correctly aligned with respect to something else

Example sentence: We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

We hope you now know whether to use Quadrate or Square in your sentence.

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