The difference between Triad and Trinity

When used as nouns, triad means a grouping of three, whereas trinity means a group or set of three people or things.


check bellow for the other definitions of Triad and Trinity

  1. Triad as a noun:

    A grouping of three.

  2. Triad as a noun (music):

    A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.

  3. Triad as a noun (electronics):

    on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.

  4. Triad as a noun:

    A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.

  1. Trinity as a noun:

    A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.

  2. Trinity as a noun:

    The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.