Affirmation vs Affirmative - What's the difference?
affirmation | affirmative |
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is ; affirming
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
positive
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
* Berkeley
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
(algebra) positive; not negative
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(grammatical terminology) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
* 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
As nouns the difference between affirmation and affirmative
is that affirmation is that which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true while affirmative is yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.As an adjective affirmative is
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming.affirmation
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* assertionDerived terms
* self-affirmationSee also
* (wikipedia "affirmation") ----affirmative
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Adjective
(en adjective)- an affirmative answer
- an affirmative vote
- an act affirmative of common law
- Lysicles was a little disconcerted by the affirmative air of Crito.
Derived terms
* affirmative actionNoun
(en noun)- That's an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
- 10-4 good buddy. That's an affirmative - the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway.
- that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.