Bent vs Angular

[Summer de Vera 2C]

Hi! Are "bent" and "angular" synonymous for the same shape? Because in Topic 2E 7th Ed, I was doing some problems where I had to determine the shape of the molecule and was using a VSEPR chart online to help me, but the names from the answers vs chart were different even though the VSEPR formulas were the same.

[Kim Tran 1J]

Bent and angular are synonyms and are used interchangeably to refer to the same types of structure.

[Carissa Young 1K]

They are synonymous, our TA said if you write either one it will be counted correct although they are using the term angular for the most part.

[Sameen Mahmood 3D]

I disagree with the previous post, they are synonyms but I've only seen bent in the lectures/discussions/homework so I'd just use bent for consistency. It's simpler to remember bent as opposed to "angular" anyway, it seems more accurate to the shape we're talking about.