Two words take the same shortcutSourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
App can shorten appetizer as well as application
English app can be a clipped form of appetizer or application. Shortening different words may bring them to an identical result. A food conversation and a software conversation supply different context for the same short form.
The removed part contained the distinction.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05