Initialism vs Derived - What's the difference?
initialism | derived |
A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
(systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.
(comparable, archaic, taxonomy) Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms.
product of derivation
(derive)
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.As an adjective derived is
(systematics) of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.As a verb derived is
(derive).initialism
English
Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.
See also
* abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *derived
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The French language is derived from Latin.