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Initialism vs Pal - What's the difference?

initialism | pal |

As nouns the difference between initialism and pal

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 pal is pole, post.

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 *

    pal

    English

    (wikipedia PAL)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (television, uncountable) or of (Phase Alternation Line). (TV standard)
  • (electronics, countable) .
  • Derived terms

    * (television) PALplus

    See also

    * (television) NTSC , SECAM * (electronics) PIC , FPGA

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Anagrams

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