Triad vs. Trinity — What's the Difference?

A group of three.

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from Latin: trinus "threefold") holds that God is one God, and exists in the form of three coeternal and consubstantial persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct, yet are one "substance, essence or nature" (homoousios).

(Music) A chord of three tones, especially one built on a given root tone plus a major or minor third and a perfect fifth.

A group consisting of three closely related members. Also called triunity.

A section of a Pindaric ode consisting of the strophe, antistrophe, and epode.

Trinity(Theology) In most Christian faiths, the union of three divine persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in one God. Also called Trine.

A grouping of three.

Trinity Trinity Sunday.

A word of three syllables.

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

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

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

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

The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.

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

Any union of three in one; three units treated as one; a triad, as the Hindu trinity, or Trimurti.

A union of three; three objects treated as one; a ternary; a trinity; as, a triad of deities.

Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle.

A chord of three notes.

The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

An element or radical whose valence is three.

The union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead

The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Three people considered as a unit

A set of three similar things considered as a unit

Three people considered as a unit

A 3-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones