Approve of
Approve of verb - To have a favorable opinion of.
Yes and approve of are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yes" instead a verb "Approve of".
Yes
Yes adverb - Used to express agreement.
Approve of and yes are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approve of" instead a verb "Yes".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- After he got to his family, she took great pleasure in pointing out how yes, he was evil now, but he was still him, and now his father could never approve of him, being dead.
Source: Transhuman Treachery - Yes, the novel's empire is an authoritarian regime, but its officials are frequently decent people who approve of the rule of law.
Source: Good Republic, Evil Empire -
In an episode of Yes, Dear, Jimmy states that he feels a chill when, unbeknown to him, his wife realizes he had given advice she doesn't approve of to their eldest son.
Source: Spider-Sense
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