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letter vs initial

initial vs letter

letter and initial both are nouns.

letter is not an adjective while initial is an adjective.

letter and initial both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
letter Yes No Yes No
initial Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, initial is a hyponym of letter; that is, initial is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than letter:
  • letter: the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  • initial: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
Other hyponyms of letter include ascender, descender, digram, digraph, A, a, B, b, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, Q, q, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, double-u, W, w, ex, X, x, wye, Y, y, ezed, izzard, Z, z, zed, zee, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, khi, psi, omega, aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, waw, zayin, heth, teth, yodh, kaph, lamedh, mem, nun, samekh, ayin, pe, sadhe, qoph, resh, sin, shin, taw, polyphone, polyphonic letter, block capital, block letter, vowel, consonant, yus.
letter (noun) initial (noun)
a written message addressed to a person or organization the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
an award earned by participation in a school sport
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
letter (adjective) initial (adjective)
occurring at the beginning
letter (verb) initial (verb)
mark letters on or mark with letters mark with one's initials
set down or print with letters
win an athletic letter
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