abbreviation과 acronym의 차이
Description
The act of shortening long English words or sentences into succinct forms is referred to as abbreviation or acronym. An abbreviation is a reduced form of a word or phrase by omitting some of its letters, and it is translated to Korean as 약어 or 축약어. In the case of abbreviations, a period (.) is placed to indicate the omission of letters.
- Doctor $\textbf{D}\text{octo}\textbf{r} \mapsto \text{Dr.}$
- For example $\textbf{e}\text{xempli }\textbf{g}\text{ratia} \mapsto \text{e.g.}$
- In other words $\textbf{i}\text{d }\textbf{e}\text{st} \mapsto \text{id.}$
- Among others $\textbf{et }\textbf{al}\text{ia} \mapsto \text{et al.}$
Similarly, acronyms are created by taking parts of words to form a shortened version, typically using the initial letters of the words. Thus, acronyms can be seen as a subset of abbreviations. Although acronyms can also be marked with periods, it is generally not the common practice.
$$ \left\{ \text{acronyms} \right\} \subset \left\{ \text{abbreviations} \right\} $$
- Artificial Intelligence $\textbf{A}\text{tificial }\textbf{I}\text{ntelligence} \mapsto \text{AI}$
- Greatest Common Divisor $\textbf{G}\text{reatest }\textbf{C}\text{ommon }\textbf{D}\text{ivisor} \mapsto \text{GCD}$
- Left-hand side $\textbf{L}\text{eft }\textbf{H}\text{and }\textbf{S}\text{ide} \mapsto \text{LHS}$
- pH (Hydrogen ion concentration) $\textbf{p}\text{otential of }\textbf{H}\text{ydrogen} \mapsto \text{pH}$
- Computed Tomography $\textbf{C}\text{omputed }\textbf{T}\text{omography} \mapsto \text{CT}$
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging $\textbf{M}\text{agnetic }\textbf{R}\text{esonance }\textbf{I}\text{maging} \mapsto \text{MRI}$