Note that the word acronym is also sometimes used to mean "initialism."
In fact, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym says:
The broader sense of acronym inclusive of terms pronounced as the individual letters (such as "TNT") is sometimes criticized, but it is the term's original meaning[1] and is in common use
Both acronyms and initialisms are made up of the first letter or letters of the words in a phrase.
What is the difference between an acronym and an initialism?
The word initialism only applies when the resulting thing is read as an abbreviation; for example DIY, which comes from "do it yourself," is pronounced by saying the names of the letters.
FUQ
This was a fun pun at the time I wrote it, but I don't think it worked. Did it?