Acrostic vs. Mnemonic — What's the Difference?

An acrostic is a poem (or other form of writing) in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. The word comes from the French acrostiche from post-classical Latin acrostichis, from Koine Greek ἀκροστιχίς, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος "highest, topmost" and στίχος "verse".

A mnemonic () device, or memory device, is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval (remembering) in the human memory. Mnemonics make use of elaborative encoding, retrieval cues, and imagery as specific tools to encode information in a way that allows for efficient storage and retrieval.

A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

A system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which assists in remembering something

A poem or series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in each line, form a name, motto, or message when read in sequence.

Aiding or designed to aid the memory.

See word square.

Relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory.

A word puzzle in which the answers to several different clues form an anagram of a quotation, phrase, or other text.

A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.

A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.

Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.

A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.

Of or relating to study]] of techniques for remembering anything more easily.

A kind of word puzzle, the solution of which forms an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form the name of its author.

Of or relating to memory.

Of or pertaining to acrostics.

Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.

A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

(computing) The human-readable, textual form of an assembly language instruction, not including operands.

A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.

(obsolete) mnemonics

Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

Assisting in memory; helping to remember; as, a mnemonic device.

A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across

Something used to assist the memory, as an easily remembered acronym or verse.

Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message

An abbreviated word that resembles the full word, used so as to be easily recognized; as, the CIDE uses ... tags as mnemnonics for an italicised word or field.

Of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory;