Difference between Letter and Alphabet in English [closed]

It may be worth noting that in Indian English, the word alphabet can take on a similar meaning to letter, which can cause confusion.

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.

Here is a letter: A

Here is an alphabet: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ