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What is the difference between initialism and an acronym? What's the opposite of an acronym?
Is an acronym an example of initialism? What's the word for an acronym but it's not pronounceable??
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- I_HATE_YAHOOLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
an initialism is an abbreviation that isn't pronounceable while an acronym is pronounceable
scuba is an acronym, while USA is an initialism.
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