Beginning vs. Initial — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Beginning and Initial
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Beginning
The point in time or space at which something begins
They had reached the beginning of the wood
He left at the beginning of February
Initial
In a written or published work, an initial or drop cap is a letter at the beginning of a word, a chapter, or a paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text. The word is derived from the Latin initialis, which means standing at the beginning.
Beginning
The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start
The beginning of the universe.
Initial
Of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first
Took the initial step toward peace.
Beginning
The time when something begins or is begun
The beginning of June.
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Initial
Designating the first letter or letters of a word.
Beginning
The place where something begins or is begun
At the beginning of the road.
Initial
The first letter of a proper name.
Beginning
The first part
The front matter is at the beginning of the book.
Initial
Initials The first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit
Stationery monogrammed with her initials.
Beginning
Often beginnings An early stage or phase
The beginnings of human life on this planet.
Initial
The first letter of a word.
Beginning
The source or cause
What was the beginning of the dispute?.
Initial
A large, often highly decorated letter set at the beginning of a chapter, verse, or paragraph.
Beginning
(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
Initial
To mark or sign with initials, especially for purposes of authorization or approval.
Beginning
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Initial
Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
Our initial admiration for their efficiency gave way to disgust about their methods.
The initial stages of a syndrome may differ vastly from the final symptoms.
Beginning
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
What was the beginning of the dispute?
Initial
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
The initial letter of names is usually printed with a capital letter.
Beginning
The initial portion of some extended thing.
The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story.
That house is at the beginning of the street.
Initial
The first letter of a word or a name.
Beginning
Present participle of begin
He is beginning to read a new book.
Initial
In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
You can get your initials printed at the top.
Beginning
(informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
In the beginning paragraph of the chapter
In the beginning section of the course
Initial
A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
Beginning
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Initial
(phonology) onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
Beginning
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
I am . . . the beginning and the ending.
Initial
(transitive) To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
Please initial each page and sign the contract in full at the bottom.
Beginning
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
Initial
Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
Beginning
Enterprise.
Initial
Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
Beginning
The event consisting of the start of something;
The beginning of the war
Initial
The first letter of a word or a name.
Beginning
The time at which something is supposed to begin;
They got an early start
She knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
The middle of the war
Rain during the middle of April
Initial
To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials.
Beginning
The first part or section of something;
`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end
Initial
The first letter of a word (especially a person's name);
He refused to put the initials FRS after his name
Beginning
The place where something begins, where it springs into being;
The Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
Communism's Russian root
Initial
Mark with one's initials
Beginning
The act of starting something;
He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations
Initial
Occurring at the beginning;
Took the initial step toward reconciliation
Beginning
Serving to begin;
The beginning canto of the poem
The first verse
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