Difference between Symmetric and Symmetrical

What is the difference between Symmetric and Symmetrical?

Symmetric as an adjective is symmetrical. while Symmetrical as an adjective is exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations

Symmetric

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Symmetrical. Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of S (that is, if the relation holds between any element and a second, it also holds between the second and the first).

Symmetrical

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Exhibiting symmetry; having harmonious or proportionate arrangement of parts; having corresponding parts or relations

We hope you now know whether to use Symmetric or Symmetrical in your sentence.

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