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Word of the Day: Abbreviation vs Acronym
We are going to do a little bit of grammar today.
I’ll keep it short, I promise.
Both abbreviations and acronyms are similar in that they are used to shorten something.
PC for personal computer or VOD for video on demand are examples of abbreviations.
On the other hand, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) are examples of acronyms because they can be read as words.
There is a significant difference between them in the way they are read.
Each letter is spelled out for an abbreviation, but an acronym is an abbreviation we can read as a word.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 9th-grade education (age 15).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 56.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.