# NAS vs NPT

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### NAS
*name · frequency rank #14,372*
Initialism of National Academy of Sciences (US).

### NPT
*noun · frequency rank #48,930*
Initialism of national pipe thread.

## Source
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