Affect and Bother

Affect

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

Bother verb - To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.

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Affect and bother are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Bother".

person	affect person	bother person
people	affect people	bother people
children	affect children	bother children
someone	affect someone	bother someone
Other words: plot, time, characters, level, story, accent, damage, anyone, humans, accents.

Apparently this doesn't bother or affect any of them, it's as if they have no jealousy at all, and have simply decided that both of them are going to share her with each other.

Source: Triang Relations
The show revolves around the two having long conversations about various topics that affect and bother them, with each trying to rein in the other when one gets too worked up.

Source: Series / Truth Be Told
While these are all numerical values, you can never see said numbers, and the game doesn't bother to tell you how they affect your monster—or how various items affect those stats.

Source: Guide Dang It / Monster Rancher

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