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Pup vs Yup - What's the difference?

pup | yup |

As a noun pup

is hump, hunch.

As an initialism yup is

(yale university press).

pup

English

(wikipedia pup)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, shark and some other animals.
    • The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup .
  • A young, inexperienced person.
    • The new teacher is a mere pup .
  • Any cute dog, regardless of age.
    • My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!
  • A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To give birth to pups.

    • See also

    * puppy * pup tent English palindromes ----

    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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