Do alphabet and letters stand for the same meaning? It’s a pretty basic question. In Indian English people get confused considering alphabet and letter having the same meaning. But, in standard English, there is a difference between alphabet and letter.
Alphabet and Letter
Today’s post is about the difference between alphabet and letter. Many people find a lot confusion between alphabet and letter. They consider a letter as an alphabet.
People have been observed asking which alphabet is this by showing a letter.
In standard English, the difference is basically that an alphabet is a collection of letters. A letter is a particular symbol used in writing, an alphabet is the set of all the letters.
The word Alphabet means a group of letters or symbols that are used in a language. It is a singular word, a collective noun.
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet which range from ‘a’ to ‘z’
All letters have an order in which they are placed inside the alphabet. This order is called alphabetical order.
English language has single alphabet which contains 26 letters.
A letter is just 1 character of an alphabet.
Conclusion: An Alphabet is a set of letters.
For ex: ‘A’ is a letter.
‘ABCDE….Z’ is an Alphabet
