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Initialism vs Designed - What's the difference?

initialism | designed |

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 a verb designed is

(design).

As an adjective designed is

created according to a design.

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

    designed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (design)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • created according to a design

    • Derived terms

    * designedly