Initialism vs Gulf - What's the difference?
initialism | gulf |
A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
* Milton
* Bible, Luke xvi. 26
(obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.
* 1606 , , IV. i. 23:
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
* Tennyson
(geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico or Persian Gulf.
(mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
A difference, especially a large difference, between groups
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As nouns the difference between initialism and gulf
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 gulf is a hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.initialism
English
Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.
See also
* abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *gulf
English
(wikipedia gulf)Alternative forms
* gulph (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- He then surveyed / Hell and the gulf between.
- Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
- Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark,
- a gulf of ruin, swallowing gold
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