According to Merriam-Webster online, an acronym is only a word made up of initial letters from a set of words. It is a form of an initialism, which is anything made up from the initial letter or letters from a set of words. Example? Radar is an acronym (for “radio detection and ranging”), but FBI is only an initialism (for “Federal Bureau of Investigation”). Radar is also an initialism, of course, as all acronyms are initialisms, though not all initialisms are acronyms.
So, that’s all for my nerdy sharing for tonight. Goodnight!
Dear God, thank you for my nerdiness. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2023
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