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Cylindrical vs Initialism - What's the difference?

cylindrical | initialism |

As an adjective cylindrical

is shaped like a cylinder.

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.

cylindrical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shaped like a cylinder.

    • Derived terms

    * cylindrically

    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