Bus vs Initialism - What's the difference?
bus | initialism |
(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
(medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
(transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
(transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly, US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
(intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
(transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
(intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
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 a verb bus
is .As a noun 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.bus
English
(wikipedia bus)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (vehicle) coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, omnibus * (electrical conductor) electrical bus, busbar, digit trunkDerived terms
{{der3, booze bus , busbar , bus duct , bus lane , short bus , bus route , bus stop , bustitution , back end of a bus, look like the back end of a bus}}Verb
- He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
- He’s been bussing for minimum wage.
Usage notes
The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings (buses), (busing), and (bused), implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada.Derived terms
* (clear meal remains) busboyinitialism
English
Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.