AFFECT vs EFFECT
These two are spelled and pronounced almost the same — here's how to tell them apart in every way.
| AFFECT | EFFECT |
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| Audio | |
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| Pronounced in | |
| 1 syllables · affect | 1 syllables · effect |
| Meaning | |
| the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
| Example | |
| — | “the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise” |
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