Yup vs Affirmative - What's the difference?
yup | affirmative |
As an initialism yup is ( yale university press). As an adjective affirmative is pertaining to truth; asserting that something is ; affirming. As a noun affirmative is yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
yup English
Noun
( en noun)
(informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
* 1984 , Graduating engineer, Volumes 6-7 (page 147)
- But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups " and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...
* 2003 , Susie Moloney, The Dwelling (page 278)
- Petey's end was all yups and nopes. And an okay.
Antonyms
* (l)
Particle
( en-part)
(informal) Yes.
Anagrams
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affirmative English
Adjective
( en adjective)
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is ; affirming
- an affirmative answer
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
positive
- an affirmative vote
Confirmative; ratifying.
- an act affirmative of common law
dogmatic
* Berkeley
- Lysicles was a little disconcerted by the affirmative air of Crito.
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
(algebra) positive; not negative
Derived terms
* affirmative action
Noun
( en noun)
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
- 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.
(grammatical terminology) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
* 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
- that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.
See also
* affirmative sentence
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