initial public offering vs IPO

initial public offering and IPO both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
initial public offering	Yes	No	No	No
IPO	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, initial public offering and IPO are synonyms defined as:

initial public offering and IPO: a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public

Other synonyms of initial public offering include initial offering.

initial public offering (noun)	IPO (noun)
a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public	a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public