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What is the difference between a prism and a cylinder

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A cylinder looks like a can,and a prism looks like a row of Doritos.
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Well, prisms have no round sides or vertices, but a cylinder obviously has a circle base. Also for a prism, the cross-section is a polygon, while for a cylinder it is a circle.

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