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What is the difference between a parallelogram and a rhombus

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a parallelogram has parallel lines.
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A parallelogram is a polygon with two sets of opposite, parallel sides.
A rhombus is a type of parallelogram with four congruent sides and angles but no right angles.

So, all rhombuses are parallelograms, but not all parallelograms are rhombuses.
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