Affect vs. Infect

Affectverb

(transitive) To influence or alter.

Affectverb

(transitive) To move to emotion.

Affectverb

(transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

Affectverb

To dispose or incline.

Affectverb

To tend to by affinity or disposition.

Affectverb

To assign; to appoint.

Affectverb

(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.

Affectverb

To aim for, to try to obtain.

Affectverb

To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.

Affectverb

To show a fondness for (something); to choose.

Affectnoun

(obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.

Affectnoun

(obsolete) A desire, an appetite.

Affectnoun

(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.

Affectverb

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

Affectverb

To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.

Affectverb

To love; to regard with affection.

Affectverb

To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.

Affectverb

To dispose or incline.

Affectverb

To aim at; to aspire; to covet.

Affectverb

To tend to by affinity or disposition.

Affectverb

To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.

Affectverb

To assign; to appoint.

Affectnoun

Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.

Affectnoun

The emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state. In hysteria, the affect is sometimes entirely dissociated, sometimes transferred to another than the original idea.

Affectnoun

the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

Affectverb

have an effect upon;

Affectverb

act physically on; have an effect upon

Affectverb

connect closely and often incriminatingly;

Affectverb

make believe with the intent to deceive;

Affectverb

have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

Infectverb

(transitive) To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).

Infectverb

(transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.

Infectadjective

(obsolete) Infected.

Infectadjective

Infected. Cf. Enfect.

Infectverb

To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.

Infectverb

To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.

Infectverb

To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious.

Infectverb

To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.

Infectverb

communicate a disease to;

Infectverb

contaminate with a disease or microorganism

Infectverb

contaminate with ideas or an ideology;

Infectverb

affect in a contagious way;