effect and affect

When i started writing my research question for my research paper I found myself having a hard time knowing if i needed to use affect or effect. It was very frustrating not knowing which word was correct. Effect and affect both sound so similar and I thought that they meant the same thing but I was wrong.

Effect and affect sound similar but they are still used differently in whatever case you may be in.

Effect


Effect with an e has a lot of subtle meanings as a noun, but to me the meaning "a result" seems to be at the core of all the definitions. For example, you can say, "The effect was eye-popping," or "The sound effects were amazing," or "The rain had no effect on Amy's hairdo."

Affect

Affect with an a means "to influence," as in, "The arrows affected Ardvark," or "The rain affected Amy's hairdo." Affect can also mean, roughly, "to act in a way that you don't feel," as in, "She affected an air of superiority."


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