Dynamic vs. Effect

Changing; active; in motion.

Example: ‘The environment is dynamic, changing with the years and the seasons.’; ‘dynamic economy’;

Powerful; energetic.

Example: ‘He was a dynamic and engaging speaker.’;

Able to change and adapt.

(music) Having to do with the volume of sound.

Example: ‘The dynamic marking in bar 40 is forte.’;

(computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.

Example: ‘dynamic allocation’; ‘dynamic IP addresses’; ‘the dynamic resizing of an array’;

Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

(grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.

A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.

Example: ‘Watch the dynamic between the husband and wife when they disagree.’;

(physics) A moving force.

Example: ‘The study of fluid dynamics quantifies turbulent and laminar flows.’;

(music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.

Example: ‘If you pay attention to the dynamics as you play, it's a very moving piece.’;

(music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.

(grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.

Of or pertaining to dynamics; belonging to energy or power; characterized by energy or production of force.

Example: ‘Science, as well as history, has its past to show, - a past indeed, much larger; but its immensity is dynamic, not divine.’; ‘The vowel is produced by phonetic, not by dynamic, causes.’;

Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology.

Example: ‘As natural science has become more dynamic, so has history.’;

an efficient incentive;

Example: ‘they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches’;

characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality;

Example: ‘a dynamic market’; ‘a dynamic speaker’; ‘the dynamic president of the firm’;

of or relating to dynamics

expressing action rather than a state of being; used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')

The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.

Example: ‘The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.’;

Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Execution; performance; realization; operation.

(uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.

Example: ‘The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year.’;

(filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")

Example: ‘The effect of flying was most convincing.’;

(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.

Example: ‘I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.’; ‘I just bought a couple of great effects.’;

A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.

Example: ‘Doppler effect’;

(usually plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.

Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.

(obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

(obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.

To make or bring about; to implement.

Example: ‘The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.’;

misspelling of affect

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

Example: ‘That no compunctious visitings of natureShake my fell purpose, nor keep peace betweenThe effect and it.’;

Manifestation; expression; sign.

Example: ‘All the large effectsThat troop with majesty.’;

In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.

Example: ‘The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause.’;

Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Example: ‘Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect.’; ‘The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.’;

Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.

Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; - with to.

Example: ‘They spake to her to that effect.’;

The purport; the sum and substance.

Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

Example: ‘No other in effect than what it seems.’;

Goods; movables; personal estate; - sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.

Example: ‘Resolving all events, with their effectsAnd manifold results, into the willAnd arbitration wise of the Supreme.’; ‘Shun the bitter consequence, for know,The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die.’;

To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.

Example: ‘So great a body such exploits to effect.’;

To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.

Example: ‘To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed.’; ‘They sailed away without effecting their purpose.’;

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;

Example: ‘the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise’; ‘his decision had depressing consequences for business’; ‘he acted very wise after the event’;

an outward appearance;

Example: ‘he made a good impression’; ‘I wanted to create an impression of success’; ‘she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting’;

(of a law) having legal validity;

Example: ‘the law is still in effect’;

a symptom caused by an illness or a drug;

Example: ‘the effects of sleep loss’; ‘the effect of the anesthetic’;

an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived);

Example: ‘he just did it for effect’;

the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

produce;

Example: ‘The scientists set up a shockwave’;

act so as to bring into existence;

Example: ‘effect a change’;