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Initialism vs Triglyceride - What's the difference?

initialism | triglyceride |

As nouns the difference between initialism and triglyceride

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 triglyceride 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 *

    External links

    * Acronyms selected for your enjoyment * English words suffixed with -ism

    triglyceride

    English

    (wikipedia triglyceride)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats.

    • See also

    * diglyceride * monoglyceride