Note that most terms are abbreviated in precisely the same way for ALWD and Bluebook style citations. What follows is a list of the more commonly used abbreviations that differ between the two styles.

The following table lists terms that are different in the two citation styles:

Term	Bluebook Abbr.	ALWD Abbr.
Administrator	Adm'r	Adminstr.
Administratrix	Adm'x	Admx.
Advertising	Adver.	Advert.
Association	Ass'n	Assn.
Atlantic	A.	Atl.
Attorney	Att'y	Atty.
Central	Cent.	C.
Comment	Com.	Cmt.
Commission	Comm'n	Commn.
Commissioner	Comm'r	Commr.
Communication	Comm.	Commun.
Department	Dep't	Dept.
Dispute	Disp.	Dis.
Engineer	Eng'r	Engr.
Engineering	Eng'g	Engr.
Environment	Env't	Envt.
Executor	Ex'r	Exec.
Federation	Fed'n	Fedn.
Government	Gov't	Govt.
Highway	High.	Hwy.
Institution	Inst.	Instn.
International	Int'l	Intl.
Legal	Legal	Leg.
Library	Libr.	Lib.
Local	Local	Loc.
Management	Mgm't	Mgt.
Memorial	Mem'l	Meml.
Monthly	Monthly	Mthy
National	Nat'l	Natl.
Pacific	Pac.	P.
Partnership	Partership	Partn.
Policy	Pol'y	Policy
Publishing	Pub.	Publg.
Reform	Ref.	Reform
Register	Reg.	Register
Rights	Rts.	Rights
Senate	S.	Sen.
Society	Soc'y	Socy.
Surrogate	Surr.	Surrog.
Taxation	Tax'n	Taxn.
Transnational	Transnat'l	Transnatl.
Trial	Trial	Tr.
Weekly	Weekly	Wkly.