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Disagree vs Naysay - What's the difference?

disagree | naysay |

As verbs the difference between disagree and naysay

is that disagree is to not agree (harmonize) while naysay is (chiefly|us) say no to; deny, disagree, or oppose .

As a noun naysay is

(chiefly|us) a refusal, denial, gainsay, disagreement or negation.

disagree

English

Verb

(d)
  • To not agree (harmonize).
    • John disagreed with Mary frequently.
    (informal usage) I disagree that this will work.
  • To not agree .
    • My results consistently disagree with yours!
  • To not agree (suit).
    • A burrito disagreed with me.

    Derived terms

    * disagreeable * disagreement * disagreeableness * disagreeably * disagreeance * disagreer

    See also

    * beg to differ

    naysay

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) A refusal, denial, gainsay, disagreement or negation
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1897 , year_published=2005 , author=William Morris , title=The Water of the Wondrous Isles , chapter=Chapter XII. Birdalone Cometh Again to the Isle of Queens, and Findeth a Perilous Adventure Therein , url= , genre=Fantasy , publisher=Project Gutenberg , isbn= , page= , passage=And her bare feet fell to telling her clad sides of the sweet coolness of the water, and waited for no naysay , ...}}

    Verb

  • (chiefly, US) say no to; deny, disagree, or oppose
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1897 , year_published=2005 , author=William Morris , title=The Water of the Wondrous Isles , chapter=Chapter VI. Of the Sundering of Birdalone from Gerard and His Sons , url= , genre=Fantasy , publisher=Project Gutenberg , isbn= , page= , passage=I shall nowise naysay thee this, for I love thee, and now and ever shalt thou be unto me as a brother, ...}}
  • :* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=Jan, author=Arden Dale, title=Want to Sell a Business? You May Not Be Ready., work=Wall Street Journal citation
    • , passage=He advises that board members must have solid knowledge of business in general and be independent enough to naysay the owner at times.}}
  • :* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=Nov, author=Alex Massie, Nicholas, title=The March of the Surveillance State, comments, work=Spectator, UK citation
    • , passage=This amount of bureaucratic surveillance and cross-referencing is very resonant of East Germany (whatever the paranoia accusing naysayers naysay ) ...}}

    Derived terms

    * naysayer

    Synonyms

    * gainsay

    Antonyms

    * yeasay

    References

    * * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)