For Abbreviations and Acronyms?

An abbreviation is typically a shortened form of words used to represent the whole (such as Dr. or Prof.) while an acronym contains a set of initial letters from a phrase that usually form another word (such as radar or scuba).

What is the difference of abbreviation and acronym?

People often ask: "What's the difference between an abbreviation and an acronym?" To answer this question, we need to understand that an acronym is just one type of abbreviation. An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase. All of the short forms that you see above ↑ are abbreviations.

How do you write abbreviations and acronyms?

Always write out the first in-text reference to an acronym, followed by the acronym itself written in capital letters and enclosed by parentheses. Subsequent references to the acronym can be made just by the capital letters alone.