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Initialism vs Customs - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between initialism and customs

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 customs is .

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

    customs

    English

    (wikipedia customs)

    Noun

    (head)
    • The culture had many distinctive and interesting beliefs and customs .
  • (pluralonly) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
    • Customs of £200 were due on all the wine we took back from France.
  • (label) The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.
    • Customs has pulled us over on our way for an inspection.