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Initialism vs Furan - What's the difference?

initialism | furan |

As nouns the difference between initialism and furan

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 furan is (organic chemistry) any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, c4h4o.

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

    furan

    English

    (wikipedia furan)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4O.

    • Derived terms

    * furanose ----