What's the difference between pentacle and pentangle?

Pentacle


Definition:

  • (n.) A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Maybe it was the flaming pentacle that opened in the ground, or the way the holy water vaporised in David's shadow, who knows.

Pentangle


Definition:

  • (n.) A pentagon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Chris Bryant, the Labour shadow minister who led his party's Newark operation, talks of a complex "pentangle of switching": some Labour voters moved to Ukip to give Cameron a kicking, others who traditionally voted Lib Dem as an "up yours" to the political establishment have slipped over to the Farageists, and so on.
  • (2) "Well, my current listening habits have involved Pentangle and Swans, so maybe not," laughs Fleming.

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