Speech vs Yes - What's the difference?
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(label) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
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(label) A session of speaking; a long oral message given publicly usually by one person.
* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
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A style of speaking.
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* Bible, (w) iii. 6
Talk; mention; rumour.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
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 speech and yes
is that speech is the faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate while yes is an affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.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 verb yes is
to agree with, to affirm, to approve.speech
English
Noun
(wikipedia speech)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech . In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}
- The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches , was to drive some one particular point.
Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
- people of a strange speech
- The dukedid of me demand / What was the speech among the Londoners / Concerning the French journey.
Derived terms
* after-dinner speech * byspeech * figure of speech * pressure of speech * pressured speech * speech recognition * speechwriterStatistics
*Anagrams
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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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