Yap vs Yup - What's the difference?
yap | yup |
The high-pitched bark of a small dog.
An informal talk.
The mouth, which produces speech.
(Geordie) A badly behaved child, a brat.
Of a small dog, to bark.
(slang) To talk, especially excessively.
(informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
* 1984 , Graduating engineer, Volumes 6-7 (page 147)
* 2003 , Susie Moloney, The Dwelling (page 278)
As nouns the difference between yap and yup
is that yap is the high-pitched bark of a small dog while yup is a yes; an affirmative answer.As a verb yap
is of a small dog, to bark.As a proper noun Yap
is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.As a particle yup is
yes.As an initialism YUP is
Yale University Pressyap
English
Noun
(en noun)- Shut your yap !
References
*Verb
(yapp)- You’re always yapping - I wish you’d shut up.
Anagrams
* * * ----yup
English
Noun
(en noun)- But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups " and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...
- Petey's end was all yups and nopes. And an okay.