Initialisms and Acronyms The key difference between an acronym and an initialism is that an acronym forms a new word, while an initalism does not. For example, you say “nay-toe” for NATO; this means you are saying a word, as opposed to saying each letter (ehn-ay-tee-oh). So “NATO” is an acronym. But “MRT” is an...
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