Initialism vs Designation - What's the difference?
initialism | designation |
A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
As nouns the difference between initialism and designation
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 designation is designation.initialism
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(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.