Yup vs Yas - What's the difference?

yup | yas |

As an initialism yup

is (yale university press).

(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.

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(en-part)

(informal) Yes.

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(en interjection)

* {{quote-book, year=1862, author=Various, title=The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage='Oh! yas , I smokes; but I durned sight d'ruther chaw.' }}

* {{quote-book, year=1904, author=O. Henry, title=Cabbages and Kings, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage="Yas', ' yas !" they cried, with broader grins and many nods. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=Horace Annesley Vachell, title=Bunch Grass, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=It's nice, yas , and it's paid for. }}

(English Pronouns)

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