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Affirmative vs. Yes — What's the Difference?

Affirmative vs. Yes — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Affirmative and Yes

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Affirmative

Agreeing with or consenting to a statement or request
An affirmative answer

Yes

Used to give an affirmative response
‘Do you understand?’ ‘Yes.’

Affirmative

Offering emotional support
The family is usually a source of encouragement from which affirmative influences come

Yes

Used as a response to someone addressing one or trying to attract one's attention
‘Oh, Mr Lawrence.’ ‘Yes?’

Affirmative

A statement of agreement with or consent to an assertion or request
He accepted her reply as an affirmative
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Yes

Used to question a remark
‘It should be easy to check.’ ‘Oh yes? How?’

Affirmative

Expressing agreement with or consent to a statement or request; yes.

Yes

Encouraging someone to continue speaking
‘When you bought those photographs …’ ‘Yes?’

Affirmative

Asserting that something is true or correct, as with the answer "yes"
An affirmative reply.

Yes

Expressing great pleasure or excitement
Plenty to eat, including hot hamburger sandwiches (yes!)

Affirmative

Giving assent or approval; confirming
An affirmative vote.

Yes

Expressing irritation or impatience
‘Is the pain still there?’ ‘Yes, yes, damn you, the pain is always there’

Affirmative

Positive; optimistic
An affirmative outlook.

Yes

An affirmative answer or decision, especially in voting
Answering with assured and ardent yeses

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.

Yes

It is so; as you say or ask. Used to express affirmation, agreement, positive confirmation, or consent.

Affirmative

A word or statement of agreement or assent, such as the word yes.

Yes

An affirmative or consenting reply.

Affirmative

The side in a debate that upholds the proposition
Her team will speak for the affirmative.

Yes

An affirmative vote or voter.

Affirmative

(Informal) Used in place of the response "yes" to express confirmation or consent.

Yes

To give an affirmative reply to.

Affirmative

Pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
An affirmative answer

Yes

Used to express great satisfaction, approval, or happiness.

Affirmative

Pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result

Yes

(interrogative) Used to ask for more information with a request.
I need some help.
Yes?

Affirmative

Positive
An affirmative vote

Yes

An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
Was that a yes?

Affirmative

Confirmative; ratifying.
An act affirmative of common law

Yes

A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

Affirmative

Dogmatic

Yes

To agree with, affirm, approve.
Did he yes the veto?

Affirmative

(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.

Yes

(slang) to attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing

Affirmative

(algebra) positive; not negative

Yes

Ay; yea; - a word which expresses affirmation or consent; - opposed to no.

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.

Yes

An affirmative;
I was hoping for a yes

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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