Hermaphrodite vs Yes - What's the difference?
hermaphrodite | yes |
An individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
(nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.
Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
Combining two opposing qualities.
A word used to show agreement or acceptance.
A word used to indicate disagreement'' or ''dissent in reply to a negative statement.
Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.
An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
(colloquial) To agree with, to affirm, to approve.
(slang) To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing.
As nouns the difference between hermaphrodite and yes
is that hermaphrodite is an individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads while yes is an affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.As an adjective hermaphrodite
is having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.As an interjection yes is
used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.As a verb yes is
(colloquial|transitive) to agree with, to affirm, to approve.hermaphrodite
English
(wikipedia hermaphrodite)Noun
(en noun)- An earthworm is a hermaphrodite .
Usage notes
* * is now the preferred term for human description. * Compare (m) and genderqueer.Synonyms
* maphrodite, morphodite, mophrodite (slang) * androgyne * gynandromorph *Derived terms
(terms derived from hermaphrodite) * false hermaphrodite * herm / * hermaphrodism * pseudohermaphroditeAdjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* androgynous * hermaphroditic * intersexSee also
* berdache, two-spirit * genderqueer ----yes
English
(yes and no)Particle
(-)- Yes , you are correct.
- Yes , you may go play outside now.
- Yes , sir, we have your package right here.
- 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 questionUsage 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)!- Our second goal of the match! Yes !
Antonyms
* noNoun
(en-noun)- Was that a yes?
- 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, yeaAntonyms
* (answer that shows agreement or acceptance) no, nay * (vote in support) nayVerb
- Did he yes the veto?
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