Yes vs Permission - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between yes and permission

is that yes is an affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance while permission is authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority).

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.

yes

English

(yes and no)

Particle

(-)

A word used to show agreement or acceptance.

Yes , you are correct.

Yes , you may go play outside now.

Yes , sir, we have your package right here.

A word used to indicate disagreement'' or ''dissent in reply to a negative statement.

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 question

Usage 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)!

Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.

Our second goal of the match! Yes !

Antonyms

* no

Noun

(en-noun)

An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

Was that a yes?

A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.

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, yea

Antonyms

* (answer that shows agreement or acceptance) no, nay * (vote in support) nay

Verb

(colloquial) To agree with, to affirm, to approve.

Did he yes the veto?

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(slang) To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing.

Synonyms

agree,

Derived terms

* yes man * yes to death 100 English basic words English phrasebook English responses 1000 English basic words ----

permission

English

Noun

authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

Sire, do I have your permission to execute this traitor?

The act of permitting.

(computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

I used the "chmod" command to change the file's permission .

Antonyms

* prohibition

Derived terms

* permissible * permissioning * permissive * planning permission

Anagrams

* impression