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Abbreviation vs Synonym - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between abbreviation and synonym

is that abbreviation is the result of shortening or reducing; abridgment while synonym is .

abbreviation

English

(wikipedia abbreviation)

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
  • (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as, +, =, @.
  • The process of abbreviating.
  • (music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
  • (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
  • Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
    • the phrase "civil rights" is an abbreviation for a whole complex of relationships. - Pres. Truman's comittee on Civil Rights
  • (biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
  • (mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.

    • See also

    *

    References

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    synonym

    English

    (wikipedia synonym)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (semantics, with respect to a given word or phrase) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
    • "Happy" is a synonym of "glad".
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  • (zoology, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any of the formal names for the taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
  • (botany, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
  • (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
  • * 2011 , Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible
    • Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.

    Synonyms

    * (word or phrase with same meaning as another) equivalent, poecilonym

    Antonyms

    * (word or phrase with same meaning as another) antonym, opposite

    Derived terms

    * near-synonym

    Related terms

    * synonymic * synonymist * synonymous * synonymy

    See also

    (en) * homotypic * heterotypic * ----