Once and for all please explain the difference between EFFECT and AFFECT?

Answer 1

Affect is the input. Effect is the outcome.
You have to Affect something before you can see the Effect of your actions.

Memory tools:

- A is for Action. E is for End.
- 'A' comes before 'E'.
- Tho they're pronounced the same, try stressing the A sound and E sound in the words until you get it straight. Then you can go back to normal. People will understand.

Answer 2

Ok, so an effect is something that you cause. So if I bump into the bookshelf, the effect is that the book falls off. Affect is like, saying that butterfly flapping its wings in Tokyo AFFECTS the weather in the US. Usually, effect is used a noun, while affect is used as a verb. To affect is to influence, an effect is a result.

Answer 3

To affect something is to change or influence it, To effect something is a rather formal way of saying `to make it happen'.

Use effect when you mean bring about or brought about, cause or caused.
Example He effected a commotion in the crowd.
Meaning He caused a commotion in the crowd

Use effect when you mean result.
Example What effect did that speech have?

Hope that makes sense.

Answer 4

Effect is a result or consequence as in "cause and effect".
Affect is to produce a result: The weather affected the crops.

Answer 5

Hello,
Effect - The act of effacing an agent or cause, result; consequence. To bring about.

Affect - To act upon; to produce a change in; to put on a pretense of; to influence, inclined or disposed not natural.

Both meanings came out of the Webster's Dictionary

Answer 6

I answered this already, the best I possibly could. Here's what I've got:

Affect is like affection--it deals with the emotions you feel as a result of an experience.

This includes the more common verb form: affect (af-FECT), as in, "Sad movies really affect my mood for the worse after I watch them."

But it also includes the less common noun form: affect (AF-fect), as in, "I was irritated by her show of negative affect when she lost the game."

Effect is like effective--it has to do with end products and process.

This includes the more common noun form, effect (e-FECT), as in cause and effect, or, "The net effect of all the campaigning was that the candidate won the election."

And it also includes the less common verb form, effect (e-FECT), which itself means "to cause," as in, "As a teacher, I hope to effect positive social change."

So think "affect-->affection-->emotion" and "effect-->effective-->results" and you should be fine.

***Most grammar tests, though, will want you to use "affect" as a verb and "effect" as a noun. In that case, thinking about "affect" as starting with "A" for action word or verb should help.***

Answer 7

Affect is the verb as in to affect a change. Effect is the noun as the greenhouse effect.

Answer 8

effect = the result of a particular influence:
I think I'm suffering from the effects of too little sleep.

affect = to cause them to change
Both buildings were badly affected by the fire.