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Acronym
The difference between an acronym and an acronym is that, although both seek to abbreviate a more complex denomination, the acronym uses the initial letter of each word or concept, while the acronym randomly uses the letters of the words so that the "abbreviation" is used. can read as a word.
Below we explain in more detail the differences between the acronym and the acronym.
What is an acronym?
The acronym is a type of acronym, therefore, like an acronym, it seeks to reduce a larger concept to something simpler. The acronym differs from the acronym because the acronym is easier to memorize and often replaces the formal or full name.
The number of acronyms increases due to the influence of English, its widespread use to identify institutions and even its use in marketing strategies, such as:
- Conagua: National Water Commission, in Mexico
- INE: National Electoral Institute, in Mexico and Argentina, or National Statistics Institute, in Chile.
- Conacyt: National Council for Science and Technology, in Mexico
- Unesco: comes from the acronym in English for Organization of the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture.
- IKEA: design and furniture company that uses as an acronym the name of its founder, the city and the farm where he grew up to form an easy name to memorize.
What is an acronym?
The acronym is the reduction of the formal name of an organization, company, community or movement by taking the initial of each relevant word of the name, for example:
- LGBT: Movement of struggle for equality movements for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders;
- CCTV: Closed Circuit Televisionthat translates into Spanish as "closed circuit television";
- Mexico City: Mexico City;
- SCT: Secretariat of Communications and Transportation in Mexico;
- MMS: Multimedia Message Servicethat translates into Spanish as "multimedia message service";
- OAS: Organization of American States;
- WHO: World Health Organization.
