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Initialism vs Undergraduate - What's the difference?

initialism | undergraduate |

As nouns the difference between initialism and undergraduate

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 undergraduate is a student at a university who has not yet received a degree.

As an adjective undergraduate is

of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.

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 *

    undergraduate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.
  • undergraduate studies

    Synonyms

    * pregraduate (unusual)

    Antonyms

    * postgraduate * (student) graduate

    Coordinate terms

    * graduand