The difference between Lozenge and Rhombus

When used as nouns, lozenge means a quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles, whereas rhombus means any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus rhombus, now in .


Lozenge is also verb with the meaning: to form into the shape of a lozenge.

check bellow for the other definitions of Lozenge and Rhombus

  1. Lozenge as a noun (shapes):

    A quadrilateral with sides of equal length (rhombus), having two acute and two obtuse angles.

  2. Lozenge as a noun:

    A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a .

  1. Lozenge as a verb (transitive):

    To form into the shape of a lozenge.

  2. Lozenge as a verb (transitive):

    To mark or emblazon with a lozenge.

  1. Rhombus as a noun (zoology, now, _, rare):

    Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in .

  2. Rhombus as a noun (zoology, archaic):

    Snails, now in genus Conus or family Conidae.

  3. Rhombus as a noun (geometry):

    A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.