The difference between Triad and Triplet
When used as nouns, triad means a grouping of three, whereas triplet means a group of three.
check bellow for the other definitions of Triad and Triplet
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Triad as a noun:
A grouping of three.
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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.
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Triad as a noun (electronics):
on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
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Triad as a noun:
A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
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Triplet as a noun:
A group of three.
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Triplet as a noun:
One of a group of three.
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Triplet as a noun:
One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.
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Triplet as a noun (music):
A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.
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Triplet as a noun (physics):
A triquark.