Initialism vs Sandwich - What's the difference?
initialism | sandwich |
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 dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.
(by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
To place one item between two other, usually flat, items
(figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
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(US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
As nouns the difference between initialism and sandwich
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 sandwich is sandwich.initialism
English
Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.
See also
* abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *sandwich
English
(wikipedia sandwich) (Structured composite sandwich)Noun
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