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Acronym and Initialism


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Abbreviation stands for shortening a word or a phrase. Both acronym and initalism are forms of abbreviation. In both the cases a word is formed by collecting the inital letters of each word in a phrase. However, in case of acronym, the word so formed is pronounced collectively as a word, whereas in case of initialism the word formed is pronounced by pronouncing each letter individually.

Sample Usage

Example of Acronym :

BASIC - Basic All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
SONAR - SOund Navigation And Ranging

Example of Initialism

HTML - HyperText Markup Language
CEO - Chief Executive Officer


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