Affirmative vs. Affirmation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Affirmative and Affirmation
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Affirmative
Agreeing with or consenting to a statement or request
An affirmative answer
Affirmation
The action or process of affirming something
An affirmation of basic human values
He nodded in affirmation
Affirmative
Offering emotional support
The family is usually a source of encouragement from which affirmative influences come
Affirmation
Emotional support or encouragement
The lack of one or both parents' affirmation leaves some children emotionally crippled
Affirmative
A statement of agreement with or consent to an assertion or request
He accepted her reply as an affirmative
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Affirmation
The act of affirming or the state of being affirmed; assertion.
Affirmative
Expressing agreement with or consent to a statement or request; yes.
Affirmation
Something declared to be true; a positive statement or judgment.
Affirmative
Asserting that something is true or correct, as with the answer "yes"
An affirmative reply.
Affirmation
A statement intended to provide encouragement, emotional support, or motivation, especially when used for the purpose of autosuggestion.
Affirmative
Giving assent or approval; confirming
An affirmative vote.
Affirmation
(Law) The assertion that the testimony one gives is true and equivalent to that which would be given while under oath.
Affirmative
Positive; optimistic
An affirmative outlook.
Affirmation
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
Affirmative
(Logic) Of, relating to, or being a proposition in which the predicate affirms something about the subject, such as the statement apples have seeds.
Affirmation
(legal) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
Affirmative
A word or statement of agreement or assent, such as the word yes.
Affirmation
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
Affirmative
The side in a debate that upholds the proposition
Her team will speak for the affirmative.
Affirmation
Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.
Affirmative
(Informal) Used in place of the response "yes" to express confirmation or consent.
Affirmation
The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; - opposed to negation or denial.
Affirmative
Pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
An affirmative answer
Affirmation
That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
Affirmative
Pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
Affirmation
A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
Affirmative
Positive
An affirmative vote
Affirmation
A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Affirmative
Confirmative; ratifying.
An act affirmative of common law
Affirmation
The act of affirming or asserting or stating something
Affirmative
Dogmatic
Affirmation
(religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)
Affirmative
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Affirmation
A judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand
Affirmative
(algebra) positive; not negative
Affirmative
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
That's an affirmative Houston, the space shuttle has lost the secondary thrusters.
10-4 good buddy. That's an affirmative - the tractor trailer is in the ditch at the side of the highway.
Affirmative
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
Affirmative
(obsolete) An assertion.
Affirmative
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
Affirmative
Yes; true; correct.
Affirmative
Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
Affirmative
That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; - opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.
Affirmative
Positive; dogmatic.
Lysicles was a little by the affirmative air of Crito.
Affirmative
Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Affirmative
Positive; - a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
Affirmative
That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; - opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.
Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative.
Affirmative
A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
Affirmative
A reply of affirmation;
He answered in the affirmative
Affirmative
Affirming or giving assent;
An affirmative decision
Affirmative votes
An affirmative nod
An affirmatory gesture
Affirmative
Expecting the best;
An affirmative outlook
Affirmative
Supporting a policy or attitude etc;
An affirmative argument
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