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Initialism vs Ingredient - What's the difference?

initialism | ingredient |

As nouns the difference between initialism and ingredient

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 ingredient is ingredient.

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 *

    ingredient

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the substances present in a mixture.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients .
  • * Arbuthnot
  • Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.

    Holonyms

    * mixture