The difference between Negative and Plus

When used as nouns, negative means refusal or withholding of assents, whereas plus means a positive quantity.

When used as verbs, negative means to refuse, whereas plus means to add.

When used as adjectives, negative means not positive or neutral, whereas plus means being positive rather than negative or zero.

Negative is also interjection with the meaning: .}}.

Plus is also preposition with the meaning: and.

check bellow for the other definitions of Negative and Plus

  1. Negative as an adjective:

    Not positive or neutral.

  2. Negative as an adjective (physics):

    Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

  3. Negative as an adjective (mathematics):

    Of a number: less than zero

  4. Negative as an adjective (linguistics, logic):

    Denying a proposition.

  5. Negative as an adjective:

    Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.

  6. Negative as an adjective:

    Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

  7. Negative as an adjective:

    Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

  8. Negative as an adjective (chemistry):

    Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

    Examples:

    "The nitro group is negative."

  9. Negative as an adjective ([[New Age]] [[jargon]], pejorative):

    Often preceded by , , , or : to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.

  10. Negative as an adjective:

    Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.

  1. Negative as a noun:

    Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

  2. Negative as a noun (law):

    A right of veto.

  3. Negative as a noun (photography):

    An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.

  4. Negative as a noun (grammar):

    A word that indicates negation.

  5. Negative as a noun (mathematics):

    A negative quantity.

  6. Negative as a noun (weightlifting):

    A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

  7. Negative as a noun:

    The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

  1. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To refuse; to veto.

  2. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To contradict.

  3. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To disprove.

  4. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To make ineffective; to neutralize.

  1. Plus as a preposition:

    And; sum of the previous one and the following one.

    Examples:

    "Two plus two equals four."

    "A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms plus one of oxygen."

  2. Plus as a preposition (colloquial):

    With; having in addition.

    Examples:

    "I've won a holiday to France plus five hundred euros in spending money!"

  3. Plus as a preposition:

    And also; in addition; besides (which).

    Examples:

    "Let's go home now. It's late, plus I'm not feeling too well."

  1. Plus as a noun:

    A positive quantity.

  2. Plus as a noun:

    An asset or useful addition.

    Examples:

    "He is a real plus to the team."

  3. Plus as a noun (arithmetic):

    A plus sign: +.

  1. Plus as an adjective:

    Being positive rather than negative or zero.

    Examples:

    "−2 * −2 = +4'' ("minus 2 times minus 2 equals plus four")"

  2. Plus as an adjective:

    Positive, or involving advantage.

    Examples:

    "He is a plus factor."

  3. Plus as an adjective (physics):

    Electrically positive.

    Examples:

    "A battery has both a plus pole and a minus pole."

  4. Plus as an adjective (postpositive):

    (Of a quantity) Equal to or greater than; or more; upwards.

    Examples:

    "The bus can fit 60 plus kids, but we only get 48."

  1. Plus as a verb (informal):

    To add; to subject to addition.

  2. Plus as a verb (often followed by 'up'):

    To increase in magnitude.

  3. Plus as a verb:

    To improve.

  4. Plus as a verb:

    To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.

  5. Plus as a verb (sales):

    To sell additional related items with an original purchase.

  6. Plus as a verb (psychology):

    To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.

  7. Plus as a verb (social media):

    To give a mark of approval on .

  8. Plus as a verb (homeopathy):

    To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.

  9. Plus as a verb (optometry):

    To increase a correction.

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