Affirmative vs Emphasis - What's the difference?
affirmative | emphasis |
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is ; affirming
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
positive
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
* Berkeley
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
(algebra) positive; not negative
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(grammatical terminology) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
* 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
Special attention or prominence given to something.
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
(typography) Related to bold.
As nouns the difference between affirmative and emphasis
is that affirmative is yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance while emphasis is special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.As an adjective affirmative
is pertaining to truth; asserting that something is ; affirming.affirmative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an affirmative answer
- an affirmative vote
- an act affirmative of common law
- Lysicles was a little disconcerted by the affirmative air of Crito.
Derived terms
* affirmative actionNoun
(en noun)- 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.
- that every hare is both male and female, beside the vulgar opinion, was the affirmative of Archelaus, of Plutarch, Philostratus, and many more.
See also
* affirmative sentence ----emphasis
English
(wikipedia emphasis)Noun
(emphases)- He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
- Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
- He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.