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Yop vs Yup - What's the difference?

yop | yup |

As nouns the difference between yop and yup

is that yop is a person employed under the Youth Opportunities Programme in Britain in the 1980s while yup is a yes; an affirmative answer.

As an interjection yop

is {{cx|lang=en|colloquial|informal}} affirmative.

As a particle yup is

yes.

As an initialism YUP is

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yop

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • Youth Opportunity Program, a British youth employment programme of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Introduced by the government but popularly associated with Thatcherism. Replaced by the YTS.
  • 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

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    Particle

    (en-part)
  • (informal) Yes.
  • Anagrams

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