I've come across these words many times over the years, but I realized that I
don't have a proper conceptualization of the concrete difference between them.
Can I ask for some sample sentences which highlight the nuances in these
words?
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What's the difference between 省略 and 略称？
I can teach you what the difference between 略称 and 省略.  
略称 means that you can make a short-cut ONLY for one name/group. So, for
example, UN in Japanese is 国際連合, but you can do 略称 as 国連.  
On the other hand, 省略 is used when you skip/omit something, for example, you
can say that 長さの単位を省略する。, which means that you omit the unit of length.
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What confuses you is, perhaps, English. Let's try a dictionary:

> [**Abbreviation**](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abbreviation)
>
> **1** : a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the
> whole word or phrase  
>  **2** : the act or result of abbreviating something : abridgment

The Japanese word that corresponds to definition **1** is **略語**. Among that,
shortened forms of names (usually proper nouns) are especially called **略称**.
What **省略** rightly corresponds to is definition **2** of _abbreviation_.
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