What is the difference between affected and effected?
If you affect something, you do to it. If you effect something, you cause it to be. Affect is also a psychological term (a noun).
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Affect is to give the appearance of; pretend or feign. Effect issomething that is produced by an agency or cause; result. ChaCha!
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Affected -adjective- acted upon; influenced. Effected -noun- Something brought about by a cause or agent;a result. Thanks! ChaCha!
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Affected means acted upon or influenced. Effected means settled securely and unconditionally. Have a great night and ChaCha again!
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Affect is a verb and effect is a noun. When you affect something, you produce an effect on it. Thank you for using ChaCha!
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Effected(adj.) is settled securely and unconditionally while affected(adj.) means acted upon or influenced. ChaCha on!
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