Affect and Afflict

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Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

Usage example: their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least

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Afflict is a synonym for affect. In some cases you can use "Afflict" instead a verb "Affect".

Afflict verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

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Affect is a synonym for afflict. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Afflict".

party	affect party	afflict party
people	affect people	afflict people
status	affect status	afflict status
area	affect area	afflict area
Other words: characters, world, target, anyone, everyone, enemies, stats.

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