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bvpraveen
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Wed, 04 May 05 01:25 PM
Friends,
Can you tell me the difference between Abbrevation and Acronym?
I hardly find any difference.
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Clive
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Wed, 04 May 05 01:49 PM
Hi,
An abbreviation is a short form where a word is represented by a part of it, eg dept. for department.
An acronym is initials that we pronounce as a word.
FBI is not an acronym. NATO is, because we say 'naytoh'.
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bvpraveen
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Thu, 05 May 05 02:57 PM
So, is FBI an abbrevation?
Are they correct?
1) Acronyms - AIDS, etc
2) Abbrevatios - CBI, WHO, etc
Can you give me some more examples for both, so that I can understand them better.
Thanks.
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pieanne
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Thu, 05 May 05 05:30 PM
Yet you can find FBI in the acronym dictionary
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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...
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Clive
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Thu, 05 May 05 10:41 PM
Hi everyone,
An acronym is defined as initials that we pronounce as a word, so I don't know why FBI would be in an acronym dictionary.
An abbreviation is a shortened word. Federal for example, could be shortened to Fed. or even to just F, so abbreviations can certainly just consist of initials.
Examples of abbreviations: MP, USA, RCMP, CIA, the UN, USSR, BBC, BA, IQ
Examples of acronyms: NATO, UNESCO, AIDS,
Sometimes the acronym eventually becomes an accepted word eg laser, radar
Some items can be both, depending on how you pronounce it:
eg UFO - we can say 'U F O' or 'YUFOH'.
I hope this helps,
Clive
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bvpraveen,
4 yr 57 days ago
That's it.
Thanks a lot Clive.
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pieanne
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Mon, 09 May 05 06:48 PM
That's quite clear!
Maybe the dictionary regroups any abreviation that are used...
Thanks, Clive
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Anonymous,
3 yr 196 days ago
it is not clear. what isv the difference between these two.
USA,LASER?
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Forbes
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Wed, 21 Dec 05 12:37 PM
USA is not an acronym as it is not pronounced "user" but each letter is spelled out "U-S-A".
Laser is an acronym as it is pronounced as a word.
All acronyms are abbreviations, but not all abbreviations are acronyms.
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