Stated vs Affirmative - What's the difference?
stated | affirmative |
(state)
Settled; established; fixed.
* Addison
Recurring at a regular time; not occasional.
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 adjectives the difference between stated and affirmative
is that stated is settled; established; fixed while affirmative is pertaining to truth; asserting that something is ; affirming.As a verb stated
is (state).As a noun affirmative is
yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.stated
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- He is capable of corruption who receives more than what is the stated and unquestionable fee of his office.
- stated preaching
- stated business hours
Anagrams
*affirmative
English
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.