Batsman vs Initialism - What's the difference?
batsman | initialism |
(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field
(cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker
(cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler
A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
As nouns the difference between batsman and initialism
is that batsman is (cricket) a player of the batting side now on the field while initialism is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.batsman
English
Synonyms
* batterNoun
(batsmen)- 2001: The batsman, Kathryn Leng, (who has played for quite a few years for England) asked the umpire dumbfounded if Charlie was going to bowl with a helmet on. — (Australian cricketer), her women's Ashes diary entry for 19 June 2001 [http://www.southernstars.org.au/ukdiary2001.htm]
Usage notes
* The term batsman is applied to both male and female cricketers; batswoman is much rarer. * Both batsman and batter can be used to refer to either cricketers or baseball players; cricketers are usually referred to as batsman and baseball players are usually referred to as batters.Derived terms
* batsmanshipAnagrams
*initialism
English
Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.