Effect vs. Affect: What's the Difference?
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Effect (noun)
The usage notes below.
“The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.”
Effect (noun)
Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
Effect (noun)
Execution; performance; realization; operation.
Effect (noun)
An illusion produced by technical means (as in “special effect”)
“The effect of flying was most convincing.”
Effect (noun)
An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
“I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.”
“I just bought a couple of great effects.”
Effect (noun)
A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
“Doppler effect”
Effect (noun)
Belongings, usually as personal effects.
Effect (noun)
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
Effect (noun)
Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
Effect (noun)
Manifestation; expression; sign.
Effect (verb)
To make or bring about; to implement.
“The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.”
Effect (verb)
misspelling of affect
Affect (verb)
To influence or alter.
“The experience affected me deeply.”
“The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.”
Affect (verb)
To move to emotion.
“He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.”
Affect (verb)
Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
“Hepatitis affects the liver.”
Affect (verb)
To dispose or incline.
Affect (verb)
To tend to by affinity or disposition.
Affect (verb)
To assign; to appoint.
Affect (verb)
To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. from 16th c.
“to affect ignorance”
“He managed to affect a smile despite feeling quite miserable.”
Affect (verb)
To aim for, to try to obtain. 15th-19th c.
Affect (verb)
To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of. from 16th c.
Affect (verb)
To show a fondness for (something); to choose. from 16th c.
Affect (noun)
One’s mood or inclination; mental state. 14th-17th c.
Affect (noun)
A desire, an appetite. 16th-17th c.
Affect (noun)
A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. from 19th c.
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