What is the difference between agree and yes?

Yes is a synonym of agree.

As verbs the difference between agree and yes

is that agree is to harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur while yes is to agree with, to affirm, to approve.

As a particle yes is

a word used to show agreement or acceptance.

As an interjection yes is

used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

As a noun yes is

an affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

agree

English

Verb

To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur.

all parties agree in the expediency of the law.

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* (rfdate) Shakespeare

If music and sweet poetry agree .

* (rfdate) Mark xiv. 56.

Their witness agreed not together.

* (rfdate) Sir T. Browne

The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you.

To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.

to agree to an offer, or to opinion.

(transitive, UK, Irish) To yield assent to; to approve.

* {{quote-book, year=1666

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* {{quote-book, year=2005

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* 2011 April 3, John Burke, in The Sunday Business Post :

Bishops agree sex abuse rules

To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

* (rfdate) Matt. v. 25.

Agree with thine adversary quickly.

* (rfdate) Matt. xx. 13.

Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ?

To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.

the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.

To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.

the same food does not agree with every constitution.

(grammar) To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.

(legal) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See * The transitive usage could be considered as just an omission of to'' or ''upon . * US and Canadian English do not use the transitive form. Thus "they agreed on a price" or "they agreed to the conditions" are used in North America but not "they agreed a price" or "they agreed the conditions".

Synonyms

* assent, concur, consent, acquiesce, accede, engage, promise, stipulate, contract, bargain, correspond, harmonize, fit, tally, coincide, comport

Antonyms

* disagree

Derived terms

* disagree * disagreement

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Statistics

Anagrams

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yes

English

(yes and no)

Particle

(-)

A word used to show agreement or acceptance.

Yes , you are correct.

Yes , you may go play outside now.

Yes , sir, we have your package right here.

A word used to indicate disagreement'' or ''dissent in reply to a negative statement.

It was not my fault we lost the race.

Oh, yes , it was!

Synonyms

* Dialect or archaic forms: arr, ay, aye, yea, yassuh * Nautical, military, telecommunications: affirmative * Colloquial or slang forms: ya, yah, yeah, yeh, yep, yeppers, yup, yuppers, yus, ahuh, mhm, uh huh. * See also:

Antonyms

* Standard form: no * Nautical, military, telecommunications: negative * Dialect or archaic forms: nay * Colloquial or slang forms: ixnay, nah, naw, nope * See also:

Derived terms

* yes and amen * yes and no * yes-no question

Usage notes

* In Old and Middle English, yes'' was a more forceful affirmative than ''yea . * An example of yes used to disagree with a statement: the questions "You don’t want it, do you?" and "Don’t you want it?" are answered by "yes" if the respondent does want the item, and "no" if not. Many languages use a specific word for this purpose; see translation table above.

Interjection

(en-interj)!

Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

Our second goal of the match! Yes !

Antonyms

* no

Noun

(en-noun)

An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

Was that a yes?

A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.

The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

Synonyms

* (answer that shows agreement or acceptance) aye, yea * (vote in support) aye, yea

Antonyms

* (answer that shows agreement or acceptance) no, nay * (vote in support) nay

Verb

(colloquial) To agree with, to affirm, to approve.

Did he yes the veto?

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(slang) To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing.

Synonyms

agree,

Derived terms

* yes man * yes to death 100 English basic words English phrasebook English responses 1000 English basic words ----