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Initialism vs Palette - What's the difference?

initialism | palette |

As nouns the difference between initialism and palette

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 palette is pallet.

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 *

    palette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
  • The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
  • A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
  • Derived terms

    * floating palette * palette swap * palettize * subpalette

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