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Initialism vs Transistor - What's the difference?

initialism | transistor |

As nouns the difference between initialism and transistor

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 transistor is .

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 *

    transistor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia transistor)
  • a solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions
  • (dated, informal) a transistor radio
  • Derived terms

    * transistorize * transistorized * transistor radio