Question: what is the difference between platonic solids and archimedean solids?
Answer: A Platonic Solid is a 3 dimentional shape (polyhedra) that uses the same regular polygons (equilateral triangles, squares, etc.) ... Archimedean Solids can use 2 or more different types of regurlar polygons for its surfaces. But at each point it must have the same pattern of surfaces.