It can’t that thing that often love And affect confused. They are words with very different meanings used in quite different situations — but how do we get these two similar-looking but quite distinct words?
‘Affection’ is defined as “the feeling of liking and being interested in someone or something.”
You probably know what affection is, and if you don’t, we can only say that there’s still plenty of time for you.
Such expressions, aided by everything her looks and manners could do, made Emma feel that she had never loved Harriet so much, nor valued her. love very high before. – Jane Austen, Emma1815
And you probably already know what the effect is. It is defined as “speech or behavior that is unnatural to oneself: a form of unnatural behavior intended to particularly impress others” and can describe anything from artificial accents. to vaping to pretending not to care what other people think about the fact that you vape (when you almost certainly care what other people think about your vaping).
She’s been on “Nightline,” she’s been on all the TV shows, and there’s even a craze for “Mary Welcome shades” because she wears (and, on her, they don’t seem affect) giant, square black glasses. —James Baldwin, Proof of the unseen1985
I had a good time drinking a mint or other slushy beverage with a metal straw designed for that purpose, but it’s clearly a affect in which only some bars can enjoy. — Zach Geballe, Seattle WeeklyAugust 30, 2017
Influence, Affection, and Affection
There’s a lot of influence going on here. Let’s start with the common base. Affect is one of the most frequently looked up words in the dictionary, mainly because it is frequently confused with function. The brief rationale that you often hear when distinguishing these two is function usually a noun and affect is a verb. However, the problem is not so simple and what makes things even more confusing is that there are two verb entries for affect.
An entry for meaning means “to make an impact on (someone)” or “to act on (a person, one’s mind or emotions, etc.) to produce a response.” This is the meaning that applies to loveas in “She was affect by the young man’s sincere speech.”
feeling of affect Apply for affect is defined as “to show like or use : cultivate” or “to pretend : pretend.” It is used in relation to things like style or manners:
He affect a gangsta style – ripped jeans, baggy shirts, Raiders jackets, gold chains, gold on all fingers. — JoAnn Wypijewski, Harper’sSeptember 1999
He’s the teenage type affect speaks with a German accent after reading Nietzsche and who claims to identify with Tonio Kröger, Mann’s fictional esthetician. —Michael Kimmelman, New York Magazine of BooksOctober 7, 2004
Etymology of Affect
The meaning of the two verbs affect take different etymological paths from the same origin. Feeling the posture of affect derived from Middle English and Anglo-French from Latin affectmeans “try to complete, strive to pursue, pretend to have.” affect is the regular derivative of officialsmeans “to influence, to influence” and gives us the feeling we mean when we talk about feelings.
Oh, and sorry about that vaping. We don’t really care if you do it or not. We just say it so it sounds cool.
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