What is the difference between medians and altitudes?

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Difference between medians and altitudes.
Medians Altitude
A line segment joining a vertex of a triangle with the mid-point of the opposite side. An altitude is a perpendicular line segment drawn from a vertex of a triangle to the opposite side.
It divides the opposite sides into two equal parts. It may or may not divides the opposite sides into two equal parts.
It may or may not be perpendicular to the opposite sides . It is perpendicular to the opposite sides that is makes $90 °$

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Medians	Altitude
A line segment joining a vertex of a triangle with the mid-point of the opposite side.	An altitude is a perpendicular line segment drawn from a vertex of a triangle to the opposite side.
It divides the opposite sides into two equal parts.	It may or may not divides the opposite sides into two equal parts.
It may or may not be perpendicular to the opposite sides .	It is perpendicular to the opposite sides that is makes $90 °$