Posted by Jim Moe on 02/15/06 08:41

Neredbojias wrote:
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>> Or I could say that <abbr> is a subset of <acronym>.
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> <acronym> is a subset of <abbr>.
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I read that in another post as well. I don't see it. Convince me otherwise.

Abbreviation: A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in
writing to represent the complete form (Mass., USB).
Acronym: A word formed from the initial letters of a name, or by
combining initial letters or parts of a series of words (RADAR, SCSI).

The primary difference is that an acronym is pronounced as a word so it
has the extra semantic "value" not in an abbreviation.
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> I like <dfn>, which I think somebody suggested.
>
Works for me.

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