![]() ![]() ![]() The definition of acronym, “a word formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term,” means that acronyms can be differentiated from other abbreviations because they are pronounceable as words. The confusion starts when we pronounce the letters of these abbreviations like a word, like NATO. Acronyms like 'scuba' ("self-contained underwater breathing apparatus") are pronounceable as words. ![]()
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