Affect and Block

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

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Block and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Block" instead a verb "Affect".

Block verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.

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Affect and block are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Block".

ability	affect ability	block ability
people	affect people	block people
someone	affect someone	block someone
time	affect time	block time
Other words: way, powers, creatures, abilities.

This problem can affect visual artists as well, in which case it's called Art(ist's) Block.

Source: Writer's Block
Furthermore, playing the song while standing on such a block doesn't affect it at all, which of course you have to find out by yourself.

Source: Moon Logic Puzzle
While it was very attracted to the metal block they used for a test, the machine didn't seem to affect the ink.

Source: Selective Magnetism

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Block and Affect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affect/block

Affect & Block. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/affect/block>.

Block or Affect. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/affect/block.

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