Initial vs Commencement - What's the difference?
initial | commencement |
Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
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, chapter=19 Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial , a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
The first letter of a word or a name.
In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit
(typesetting, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
(phonology) onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
:: Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants.
The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university.
As nouns the difference between initial and commencement
is that initial is the first letter of a word or a name while commencement is the first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.As an adjective initial
is chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.As a verb initial
is to sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.initial
English
(wikipedia initial)Adjective
(-)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Synonyms
* incipient * openingAntonyms
* finalDerived terms
* initially * initialnessNoun
(en noun)- You can get your initials printed at the top.
Synonyms
* drop cap, versalDerived terms
* initialism * initial teaching alphabetVerb
- Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom.
See also
* middleExternal links
* * * ----commencement
English
Noun
(en noun)- The time of Henry VII ... nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history. -allam.
- 1800 , William Took, View of the Russian empire during the reign of Catharine the Second
