Yes vs Yer - What's the difference?
yes | yer |
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.
(UK, slang, or, dialectal)
* 1991 , Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost , London: Random Century Group
:1997 , , (w, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) , iv:
::‘Las’]] time I saw you, you was only a baby,’ said the giant. ‘[[yeh, Yeh look a lot like yer' dad, but yeh’ve got ' yer mum’s eyes.’
(UK, slang, or, dialectal, uncommon)
*1992 , Mary Jane Staples, Sergeant Joe
*:'Still, yer got nice looks,' said Ella.
(UK, slang, or, dialectal) , yes.
(UK, slang, or, dialectal) , you are.
*1991 , Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life , London: Virago Press Ltd
*:Yer a lotta nosey parkers.
:1997 , , (w, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) , iv:
::‘Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,’ said Hagrid. ‘Harry – yer a wizard.’
Either of the letters in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
As nouns the difference between yes and yer
is that yes is an affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance while yer is either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.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.As a pronoun yer is
eye dialect of lang=en.As an adverb yer is
eye dialect of yeah1|lang=en, yes.As a contraction yer is
eye dialect of you're1|lang=en, you are.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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Synonyms
agree,Derived terms
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English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- 'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.