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Initialism vs Cd - What's the difference?

initialism | cd |

As nouns the difference between initialism and cd

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 cd is (astronomy) a type of giant elliptical galaxy.

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

    * Acronyms selected for your enjoyment * English words suffixed with -ism

    cd

    Translingual

    Etymology 1

    Symbol

    (head)
  • The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    • Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * cd

    Number

    (mul-number)
  • A Roman numeral representing four hundred ().
    • See also
    * Previous: CCCXCIX (three hundred and ninety-nine, ) * Next: CDI (four hundred and one, )

    Etymology 3

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • Corps Diplomatique, diplomatic corps (collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body)
    • ISO 3166-1 Roman numerals ----