Rectangle As a Shape and Star as a Path

[marsham9139737]

Can someone please explain why I dry a rectangle with a stroke and fill color, it stays a "rectangle" as a label in Layers but when I create a Star Shape and use a stroke and fill, it is labeled as "Path"? Why is that? What does is mean? Does it have different functions than a shape? thanks!

[marsham9139737]

Sorry- wrong forum. Not sure how to delete.