Yes vs Yew - What's the difference?
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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.
(countable) A species of coniferous tree, , with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
(countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus .
Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
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(uncountable) The wood of the such trees.
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A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
As nouns the difference between yes and yew
is that yes is an affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance while yew is a species of coniferous tree, species: Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.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 an adjective yew is
made from the wood of the yew tree.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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