The difference between Positive and Wis
When used as adjectives, positive means not negative or neutral, whereas wis means certain.
Positive is also noun with the meaning: a thing capable of being affirmed.
Wis is also adverb with the meaning: certainly, surely.
Wis is also verb with the meaning: to know.
check bellow for the other definitions of Positive and Wis
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Positive as an adjective:
Not negative or neutral.
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Positive as an adjective (legal):
Formally laid down.
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Positive as an adjective:
Stated definitively and without qualification.
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Positive as an adjective:
Fully assured in opinion.
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Positive as an adjective (mathematics):
Of number, greater than zero.
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Positive as an adjective:
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
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Positive as an adjective:
Overconfident, dogmatic.
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Positive as an adjective (chiefly, philosophy):
Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
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Positive as an adjective (physics):
Having more protons than electrons.
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Positive as an adjective (grammar):
Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
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Positive as an adjective:
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.
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Positive as an adjective:
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
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Positive as an adjective:
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
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Positive as an adjective (photography):
Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
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Positive as an adjective:
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
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Positive as an adjective:
Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
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Positive as an adjective:
Optimistic.
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Positive as an adjective (chemistry):
electropositive
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Positive as an adjective (chemistry):
basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
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Positive as an adjective (slang):
HIV positive.
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Positive as an adjective ([[New Age]] [[jargon]]):
Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
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Positive as a noun:
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
Examples:
"rfquotek South"
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Positive as a noun:
A favourable point or characteristic.
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Positive as a noun:
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
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Positive as a noun (grammar):
A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
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Positive as a noun (grammar):
An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
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Positive as a noun (photography):
A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
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Positive as a noun:
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
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Positive as a noun:
A positive result of a test.
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Wis as an adverb (rare, obsolete, or, dialectal):
Certainly, surely
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Wis as an adverb (rare, obsolete, or, dialectal):
Really, truly
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Wis as an adverb (rare, obsolete, or, dialectal):
Indeed
Examples:
"As wis God helpe me."
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Wis as an adjective (rare, obsolete, or, dialectal):
Certain
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Wis as an adjective (rare, obsolete, or, dialectal):
Sure
Examples:
"He was wis on his word."
" I am wis that it will happen."
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Wis as a verb (obsolete, or, archaic):
To know.
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Wis as a verb (obsolete, or, archaic):
To think, suppose.
Examples:
"Howe'er you wis."
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Wis as a verb (obsolete, or, archaic):
To imagine, ween; to deem.
Examples:
"Nor do I know how long it is (For I have lain entranced, I wis)."