The difference between Affirmative sentence and Sentence
When used as nouns, affirmative sentence means a sentence that affirms (rather than negates) a proposition, whereas sentence means the decision or judgement of a jury or court.
Sentence is also verb with the meaning: to declare a sentence on a convicted person.
check bellow for the other definitions of Affirmative sentence and Sentence
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Affirmative sentence as a noun (grammar):
A sentence that affirms (rather than negates) a proposition.
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Sentence as a noun (dated):
The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
Examples:
"The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second."
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Sentence as a noun:
The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
Examples:
"The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous cattle rustler."
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Sentence as a noun:
A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
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Sentence as a noun (obsolete):
A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.
Examples:
"rfquotek Broome"
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Sentence as a noun (grammar):
A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
Examples:
"The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard."
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Sentence as a noun (logic):
A formula with no free variables.
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Sentence as a noun (computing theory):
Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
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Sentence as a noun (obsolete):
Sense; meaning; significance.
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Sentence as a noun (obsolete):
One's opinion; manner of thinking.
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Sentence as a noun (now, rare):
A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question.
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Sentence as a verb:
To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.
Examples:
"The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine."
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Sentence as a verb (obsolete):
To decree or announce as a sentence.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Sentence as a verb (obsolete):
To utter sententiously.
Examples:
"rfquotek Feltham"