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Pledge vs Affirmative - What's the difference?

pledge | affirmative |

As nouns the difference between pledge and affirmative

is that pledge is a solemn promise to do something while affirmative is yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

As a verb pledge

is to make a solemn promise (to do something).

As an adjective affirmative is

pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming.

pledge

English

(wikipedia pledge)

Verb

(pledg)
  • To make a solemn promise (to do something).
  • To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
  • To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
  • * 1773 ,
    • HARDCASTLE [Taking the cup.] I hope you'll find it to your mind. I have prepared it with my own hands, and I believe you'll own the ingredients are tolerable. Will you be so good as to pledge me, sir? Here, Mr. Marlow, here is to our better acquaintance. [Drinks.]
  • * 1852 , Matthew Arnold, Tristram and Iseult
    • Reach me my golden cup that stands by thee,
    And pledge me in it first for courtesy.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A solemn promise to do something.
  • Something given by a person who is borrowing money etc to the person he has borrowed it from, to be kept until the money etc is returned.
  • A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but not yet formally approved.
  • A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
  • A drinking toast.
  • A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.

    • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

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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 ----