affirmative vs hum

affirmative

intj
  • An elaborate synonym for the word yes. 

  • Yes; true; correct. 

adj
  • pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming 

  • pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result 

  • Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. 

  • Confirmative; ratifying. 

  • positive 

  • dogmatic 

  • positive; not negative 

noun
  • An answer that shows agreement or acceptance. 

  • Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance. 

hum

intj
  • Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c. 

  • Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c. 

noun
  • Unpleasant odour. 

  • A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people. 

  • Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive. 

  • A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed. 

  • An often indistinct sound resembling human humming. 

verb
  • To produce low sounds which blend continuously 

  • To express by humming. 

  • To reek, smell bad. 

  • To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed. 

  • To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly 

  • To buzz, be busily active like a beehive 

How often have the words affirmative and hum occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )