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Acrostic vs. Pneumonic — What's the Difference?

Acrostic vs. Pneumonic — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Acrostic and Pneumonic

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Acrostic

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".

Pneumonic

Of, affecting, or relating to the lungs; pulmonary.

Acrostic

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

Pneumonic

Relating to, affected by, or similar to pneumonia.

Acrostic

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.
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Pneumonic

Of, or relating to the lungs; pulmonary.

Acrostic

See word square.

Pneumonic

Of, or relating to pneumonia.

Acrostic

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

Pneumonic

One who has pneumonia.

Acrostic

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

Pneumonic

A medicine to treat lung disease.

Acrostic

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

Pneumonic

Of or pertaining to the lungs; pulmonic.

Acrostic

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.

Pneumonic

A medicine for affections of the lungs.

Acrostic

Of or pertaining to acrostics.

Pneumonic

Pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia;
Pneumonic plague

Acrostic

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.

Pneumonic

Relating to or affecting the lungs;
Pulmonary disease

Acrostic

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

Acrostic

Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

Acrostic

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

Acrostic

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

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