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Initialism vs Altered - What's the difference?

initialism | altered |

As nouns the difference between initialism and altered

is that 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 while altered is a kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.

As a verb altered is

(alter).

initialism

English

Noun

(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)
  • A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
    • BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

    See also

    * abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *

    External links

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    altered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (alter)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.

    • Anagrams

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