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Initialism vs Export - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between initialism and export

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 export is export (the act of exporting).

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 *

    export

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of or relating to exportation or exports
  • Noun

    (wikipedia export)
  • (countable) something that is exported
  • Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
  • (uncountable) the act of exporting
  • The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

    Synonyms

    * (the act of exporting ): exportation

    Antonyms

    * (something that is exported ): import * (the act of exporting ): import, importation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to carry away
  • * Francis Bacon
  • [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.
  • to sell (goods) to a foreign country
  • Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.
  • to cause to spread in another part of the world
  • (computing): to send (data) from one program to another
  • to put up (a child) for international adoption.
  • Synonyms

    * (to carry away ): remove

    Antonyms

    * (to sell (goods) to a foreign country ): import

    Derived terms

    * exportability * exportable * exportation * exporter