This has long been one of my favorite pairs of words, because both are verbs and nouns and their meanings are related, but not identical. I recently subscribed to
The Word Blog and saw this pair and it reminded me to write about them. But this post is my own.
- Affect as a verb means "to have an effect on" or to do something to.
- Affect as a noun means "an emotion".
- Effect as a verb means to bring about or accomplish; to do something.
- Effect as a noun means something that is produced by a cause.
and we also have the adjectival forms
- Affective meaning "emotional"
- Effective meaning "producing the [intendend] purpose"
Which leads to some fun possible sentences!
His affect affected me and its effect was affective: I was upset; but his intent was to make up - his affect was not effective.
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