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Welcome to one of the most annoying lexicological family trees in the English language. In this particular tree, abbreviations are the lazy, negligent parents who bought the exact same clothes and toys for their kids because it was easier than letting them create personalities.
Acronyms and initialisms, meanwhile, are the identical twins who took very different paths in life. One was valedictorian and went on to become a doctor while the other got super obsessed with the Grateful Dead, started wearing tie-dye, and runs a tarot reading business out of their van.
So, while they might be related, they’re not all the same.
Technically acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, but that’s a little reductive and they have enough of a complex as it is. They don’t need to live in their absentee parents’ shadow any longer. Do them and yourself a favor by using the correct term. Thx!
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