Affect vs. Influence

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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;

Influencenoun

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

Influencenoun

An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.

Influencenoun

A person or thing exerting such power or action.

Influencenoun

(astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.

Influencenoun

(obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.

Influencenoun

(electricity) Electrostatic induction.

Influenceverb

(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.

Influenceverb

(intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.

Influenceverb

To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

Influencenoun

A flowing in or upon; influx.

Influencenoun

Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, physical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which affects, modifies, or sways; as, the influence which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers, of the stars over affairs.

Influencenoun

Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.

Influencenoun

Induction.

Influenceverb

To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to affect; to move; to persuade; to induce.

Influencenoun

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc;

Influencenoun

causing something without any direct or apparent effort

Influencenoun

a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do;

Influencenoun

the effect of one thing (or person) on another;

Influencenoun

one having power to influence another;

Influenceverb

have and exert influence or effect;

Influenceverb

shape or influence; give direction to;

Influenceverb

induce into action by using one's charm;

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