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Paraph vs Initials - What's the difference?

paraph | initials |

As nouns the difference between paraph and initials

is that paraph is a flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery while initials is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

As a verb paraph

is to add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials.

paraph

English

(wikipedia paraph)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, historical) A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials.

    • References

    * * * * (etymology) Paraphe'', based on the ''Collins French-English Dictionary , Harpercollins, Flexible edition, August 1990, ISBN 0062755080. * Paraph ], [http://artlex.com/ ArtLex Art Dictionary, Michael Delahu, The earliest form of ArtLex appeared on the Web in August, 19; ArtLex was last modified on October 24, 2007, Copyright © 1996-2007.

    initials

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • English plurals
  • (plurale tantum) An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name. See monogram