Affect and Deceive

Affect

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

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

Deceive

Deceive verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.

Affect and deceive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Deceive".

Common collocations

people affect people deceive people
someone affect someone deceive someone
rest affect rest deceive rest
characters affect characters deceive characters
Other words: world, anyone, plans, player, everyone, humans, enemies.
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