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Acrostic vs Abecedarius - What's the difference?

acrostic | abecedarius |

As nouns the difference between acrostic and abecedarius

is that acrostic is a poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message while abecedarius is an acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.

acrostic

English

Alternative forms

* acrostick (obsolete) * acrosticke (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia acrostic) (en noun)
  • A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
  • A particular kind of word puzzle: its solutions form an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form its author.

    • Derived terms

    * double acrostic * triple acrostic

    See also

    * telesticon * word square

    External links

    * (wikipedia "acrostic") *

    Anagrams

    *

    abecedarius

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1995, author=Cathie Hilterbran Cooper, title=ABC Books and Activities, page=15, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=_8Tx0Ou60JwC&pg=PA15&
    • , passage=Michele Clise has adapted the Shaker abecedarius , changed a few words, and used black, white, and gray sketches for illustrations to create her alphabet .}}

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